Vulnerability CVE-2014-3618
Published: 2014-09-08

Description:
Heap-based buffer overflow in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted email header, related to "unbalanced quotes."

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
procmail heap overflow
Tavis
05.09.2014

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Procmail -> Procmail 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1172.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00022.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1172.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61076
http://secunia.com/advisories/61090
http://secunia.com/advisories/61108
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3019
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/03/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69573
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2340-1
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/95688
https://support.apple.com/HT205267
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