Elm 'Expires' Header Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3174

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running Elm, an email client. This version of Elm is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via the 'Expires' header parameter. An attacker exploiting this flaw would send a specially formed email with a very long 'Expires' value. Successful exploitation would result in arbitrary code being executed.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3174

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 8/22/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:elm_development_group:elm

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2665

BID: 14613

Detections

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