Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Pine before version 4.21 does not properly filter shell metacharacters from URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed URL.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Pine 4.x allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via an index.html file which executes lynx and obtains a uudecoded file from a malicious web server, which is then executed by Pine.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The c-client library in Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) dated before 2002 RC2, as used by Pine 4.20 through 4.44, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a MIME-encoded email with Content-Type header containing an empty boundary field.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Buffer overflow in the automatic mail checking component of Pine 4.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long From: header.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Buffer overflow in University of Washington c-client library (used by pine and other programs) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long X-Keywords header.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Out-of-bounds Read
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Integer signedness error in rfc2231getparam from strings.c in PINE before 4.58 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an email that causes an out-of-bounds array access using a negative number.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Buffer overflow in PINE before 4.58 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed message/external-body MIME type.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Integer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

c-client IMAP Client, as used in imap-2002b and Pine 4.53, allows remote malicious IMAP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain large (1) literal and (2) mailbox size values that cause either integer signedness errors or integer overflow errors.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

URL-handling code in Pine 4.43 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a URL enclosed in single quotes and containing shell metacharacters (&).

First published (updated )
Severity
5
Integer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The IMAP Client for Sylpheed 0.8.11 allows remote malicious IMAP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain large literal size values that cause either integer signedness errors or integer overflow errors.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

MIME buffer overflow in email clients, e.g. Solaris mailtool and Outlook.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Pine 4.44 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump and failed restart) via an email message with a From header that contains a large number of quotation marks (").

First published (updated )
Severity
5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Pine 4.2.1 through 4.4.4 puts Unix usernames and/or uid into Sender: and X-Sender: headers, which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Pine before version 3.94 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a lockfile that is created when a user receives new mail.

First published (updated )
Severity
2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability in (1) pine before 4.33 and (2) the pico editor, included with pine, allows local users local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

First published (updated )
Severity
1.2
Race Condition
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Race condition in rpdump in Pine 4.62 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

First published (updated )

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