PT-2005-5127 · Pegasus · Pegasus Mail

Published 2005-12-21 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2005-4444

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pegasus Mail versions 4.21a through 4.21c Pegasus Mail version 4.30PB1

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the trace message functionality. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long POP3 reply.

Recommendations For Pegasus Mail versions 4.21a through 4.21c, update to a version outside of this range to mitigate the risk. For Pegasus Mail version 4.30PB1, update to a newer version to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the POP3 functionality until a patch is available.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4444

Affected Products

Pegasus Mail

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4444 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3004 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-61/advisory · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17992 · Vendor Advisory
• http://pmail.com/newsflash.htm#secunia · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/419908/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15973 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015385 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/21842 · Note