PT-2010-1144 · Gnome+1 · Gmime+1

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2010-02-08 · Updated 2014-01-21 · CVE-2010-0409

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GMime versions prior to 2.4.15 Gentoo Linux (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns a buffer overflow in the GMIME UUENCODE LEN macro, which can be exploited to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via input data for a uuencode operation. This can lead to a violation of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. The exploitation can be carried out remotely.

Recommendations For GMime versions prior to 2.4.15, update to version 2.4.15 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting input data for uuencode operations to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09688

CVE-2010-0409

DSA-2082-1

Affected Products

Gmime

Gentoo Linux

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0409 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09688 · Security Note
• http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gmime/2.4/gmime-2.4.14-2.4.15.diff.gz · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38459 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561457 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/2 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/4 · Note
• http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gmime/2.4/gmime-2.4.15.changes · Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-19.xml · Note