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Sylpheed MIME Content-parsing Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2777

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote client is running Sylpheed, an email client for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. This version is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via specially crafted MIME messages or attachments. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to convince a user to open a malicious email message. Successful exploitation would lead to a Denial of Service or remote code execution.

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.0.4, 1.9.5 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2777

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 3/29/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sylpheed:sylpheed

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0926

BID: 12934