Nakedsoft Gaucho < 1.4.0 Build 151 Content-Type Header Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2168

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is using Nakedsoft Gaucho, an email client for Microsoft Windows. It is reported that this version of the software is prone to a buffer overflow in its mail headers processing function. An attacker may craft a malicious email that could execute arbitrary code on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade to Gaucho 1.4.0 build 151 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2168

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 8/27/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nakedsoft:gaucho

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1752

BID: 11023