CVE-2006-0528 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause persistent client crashes in applications using the Cairo library by sending emails with specially crafted attachments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-0528?
CVE-2006-0528 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The cairo library (libcairo), as used in GNOME Evolution and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent client crash) via an attached text file that contains "Content-Disposition: inline" in the header, and a very long line in the body, which causes the client to repeatedly crash until the e-mail message is manually removed, possibly due to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using an XML attachment.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0528?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnome Evolution.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0528?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-0528 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-0528 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0528, GHSA-4rxr-6q7p-q23g.