TITLE: Metamail Mail Boundary Handling Buffer Overflow SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA18796 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/18796/ CRITICAL: Highly critical IMPACT: DoS, System access WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: Metamail 2.x http://secunia.com/product/3053/ DESCRIPTION: Ulf Harnhammar has reported a vulnerability in Metamail, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the handling of boundary headers within an email message. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and may allow arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.7. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Use another product. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Ulf Harnhammar ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352482 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------