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    CVE-2006-0709

    Buffer overflow in Metamail 2.7-50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via e-mail messages with a long boundary attribute, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0105.

    Published:Feb 12, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Feb 15, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.07887
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Metamail Corporation
    Product
    Metamail
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16611http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16611

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2004-1808 (CVSS 2.1) — Extcompose in metamail does not verify the output file before writing to it, which allows local users to overw…
    CVE-2004-0104 (CVSS 7.5) — Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Metamail 2.7 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
    CVE-2004-0105 (CVSS 7.5) — Multiple buffer overflows in Metamail 2.7 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.…
    CVE-1999-1263 (CVSS 2.6) — Metamail before 2.7-7.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an e-mail message containing …
    CVE-1999-1261 (CVSS 5) — Buffer overflow in Rainbow Six Multiplayer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly …
    CVE-1999-1266 (CVSS 5) — rsh daemon (rshd) generates different error messages when a valid username is provided versus an invalid name,…

    References

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352482
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18796
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18987
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19000
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19226
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19304
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1015654
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-995
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-16.xml
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0217.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16611
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0565
    http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:047
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24702
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352482
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18796
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18987
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19000
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19226
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19304
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1015654
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-995
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-16.xml
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0217.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16611
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0565
    http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:047
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24702

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High