Title: nmh Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
It has been reported that a buffer overrun exists in versions 1.0.2 and prior of the nmh mailer. It is possible for a would be attacker to craft a MIME message in such a way as to cause the mhshow command to execute arbitary code when viewed. This could potentially lead to remote access for an attacker on the machine the mail is being read on.
Exact details on this vulnerability were not made public.
Affected Products:
- RedHat Linux 5.2.0 alpha
- RedHat Linux 5.2.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 5.2.0 sparc
- RedHat Linux 6.0.0
- RedHat Linux 6.0.0 alpha
- RedHat Linux 6.0.0 sparc
- RedHat Linux 6.1.0 alpha
- RedHat Linux 6.1.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 6.1.0 sparc
- RedHat nmh 0.27.0-1.alpha
- RedHat nmh 0.27.0-1.i386
- RedHat nmh 0.27.0-1.sparc
- RedHat nmh 0.27.0-8.alpha
- RedHat nmh 0.27.0-8.i386
- RedHat nmh 0.27.0-8.sparc
- RedHat nmh 1.0.0-2.alpha
- RedHat nmh 1.0.0-2.i386
- RedHat nmh 1.0.0-2.sparc
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 3.5.0b2
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 4.2.0
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 4.4.0
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0.2
- nmh nmh 1.0.2
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