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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800970 |
Category: | Buffer overflow |
Title: | Pegasus Mail POP3 Response Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
Summary: | Pegasus Mail is prone to stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability. |
Description: | Summary: Pegasus Mail is prone to stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: A stack based buffer overflow error occus due to improper bounds checking when processing POP3 responses. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation will allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause the application to crash by sending overly long error responses from a remote POP3 server to the affected mail client. Affected Software/OS: Pegasus Mail 4.51 and prior. Solution: Upgrade to version 4.51 or higher. CVSS Score: 9.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3838 BugTraq ID: 36797 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36797 Bugtraq: 20091022 {PRL} Pegasus Mail client BoF (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507377/100/0/threaded http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/pegasusmc-dos.txt http://www.vupen.com/exploits/Pegasus_Mail_POP3_Message_Handling_Remote_Buffer_Overflow_Exploit_3026233.php http://osvdb.org/59261 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023075 http://secunia.com/advisories/37134 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3026 XForce ISS Database: pegasus-pop3-bo(53933) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53933 |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG |
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