Executive Summary

Summary
TitleNew gmime2.2 packages fix arbitrary code execution
Informations
NameDSA-2082First vendor Publication2010-08-02
VendorDebianLast vendor Modification2010-08-02
Severity (Vendor) N/ARevision1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score7.5Attack RangeNetwork
Cvss Impact Score6.4Attack ComplexityLow
Cvss Expoit Score10AuthentificationNone Required
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Detail

It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the MIME library GMime might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.22-2+lenny2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.25-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gmime2.2 packages.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2082

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

idName
CWE-119Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application14

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

idDescription
62084GMime gmime/gmime-encodings.h GMIME_UUENCODE_LEN() Macro Uuencode Operation O...

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