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CVE-2003-0057

CVE information

Published

21 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Hypermail 2 before 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code (1) via a long attachment filename that is not properly handled by the hypermail executable, or (2) by connecting to the mail CGI program from an IP address that reverse-resolves to a long hostname..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1_.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.0b25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -