PT-2008-6546 · Perion Network · Incredimail

Published 2008-12-11 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5429

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Incredimail build 5853710

Description The issue arises from improper handling of certain e-mail messages, specifically those with many MIME parts or "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, leading to potential denial of service due to stack or resource consumption.

Recommendations For Incredimail build 5853710, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, or as a temporary workaround, restrict the handling of multipart/mixed e-mail messages and messages with multiple "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers to prevent potential denial of service attacks.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5429

Affected Products

Incredimail

References · 5

• 🔥 http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5429 · Security Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded · Note