Executive Summary

Summary
Title GMime: Arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name GLSA-201401-19 First vendor Publication 2014-01-21
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-01-21
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A buffer overflow error in GMime might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

GMime is a C/C++ library which may be used for the creation and parsing of messages using the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME).

Description

GMime contains a buffer overflow flaw in the GMIME_UUENCODE_LEN macro in gmime/gmime-encodings.h.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

GMime 2.4.x users on the PPC64 architecture should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/gmime-2.4.17"

GMime 2.4.x users on other architectures should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/gmime-2.4.15"

GMime 2.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/gmime-2.2.26"

Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-0409 : http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-0409

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-19.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-19.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12856
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12856
Title: DSA-2082-1 gmime2.2 -- buffer overflow
Description: It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the MIME library GMime might lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.22-2+lenny2. For the unstable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.25-1.1. We recommend that you upgrade your gmime2.2 packages.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2082-1
CVE-2010-0409
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Product(s): gmime2.2
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 14

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-08-21 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2082-1 (gmime2.2)
File : nvt/deb_2082_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

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

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-01-22 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201401-19.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-08-03 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2082.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-25 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_gmime-100216.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-25 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_gmime-100215.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-25 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_2_gmime-100215.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-25 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_2_gmime-2_4-100215.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_gmime-100215.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:38:04
  • Multiple Updates
2014-01-21 21:19:40
  • First insertion