Mozilla IMAP Client literal_size Remote Overflow (deprecated)

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1095

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote e-mail client is Mozilla 1.3 or 1.4a which is vulnerable to a boundary condition error whereby a malicious IMAP server may be able to crash or execute code on the client.

Solution

Upgrade to either 1.3.1 or 1.4a.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 1095

Family: IMAP Servers

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:mozilla

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0298

Detections

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