PT-2014-5423 · Procmail+4 · Procmail+4

Philip Pettersson · Published 2014-09-04 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2014-3618

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 procmail version 3.22

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the formisc.c file of the formail component in procmail. This can be triggered by remote attackers sending a crafted email header, potentially causing a denial of service (crash) and possibly allowing the execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability is related to "unbalanced quotes" in email headers.

Recommendations For procmail version 3.22, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version is affected by the heap-based buffer overflow. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

AZL-36981

AZL-6802

AZL-7331

CESA-2014_1172

CVE-2014-3618

DLA-46-1

DSA-3019-1

MGASA-2014-0373

OPENSUSE-SU-2014_1114-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10533-1

RHSA-2014:1172

RHSA-2014_1172

SUSE-SU-2014_1137-1

USN-2340-1

Affected Products

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Procmail

References · 33

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/03/8 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2340-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0373 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00008.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3618 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3618 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1172.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-6802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10533-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-36981 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3019 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1172.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3618 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3618 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3618 · Vendor Advisory