6483 : Pegasus Mail Binary Message Overflow
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6 months ago

Percent Complete

100%

Disclosure

Oct 04, 2000

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Oct 04, 2000

Solution

Unknown

Description

Pegasus Mail contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service or command execution. By sending more than 90KB of binary data in a message body, a remote attacker can cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code, resulting in loss of integrity or availability.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

David Harris

Pegasus Mail

3.11

References

Bugtraq ID: 1750
ISS X-Force ID: 5644
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0061.html
CVE ID: 2000-0931 (see also: NVD)

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ch0mik - ch0mikkki.net.pl -

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