Out-of-Bounds Affecting bogofilter package, versions <1.2.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.12.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.9% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-BOGOFILTER-337624
  • published18 Dec 2012
  • disclosed18 Dec 2012

Introduced: 18 Dec 2012

CVE-2012-5468  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 bogofilter to version 1.2.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bogofilter package and not the bogofilter package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in iconvert.c in the bogolexer component in Bogofilter before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an email containing a base64 string that is decoded to incomplete multibyte characters.

CVSS Scores

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