PT-2016-3958 · Claws Mail Team+1 · Claws Mail+1

Published 2016-01-18 · Updated 2016-07-28 · CVE-2015-8708

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 Claws Mail version 3.13.1

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the conv euctojis function in codeconv.c, allowing remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted email. This issue involves Japanese character set conversion and is a result of an incomplete fix for a previous issue.

Recommendations For Claws Mail version 3.13.1, consider disabling the conv euctojis function in codeconv.c as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to emails that may trigger the Japanese character set conversion to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1034

ALT-PU-2016-1039

CVE-2015-8708

MGASA-2016-0067

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10428-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Claws Mail

References · 18

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8708 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8708 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-11 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8708 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8708 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8708 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8708 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1034 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0067.html · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8708 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8708 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176949.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0067 · Vendor Advisory
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2015-8708 · Note