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RipMime Mime_Header Long Filename Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

ripMime ships with the the Inflex e-mail virus scanning utility. It also is distributed with the commercial version of XaMime, which is the commercial version of Inflex. Inflex/XaMime/ripMime will run on most Linux and Unix variants.

A locally exploitable buffer overflow has been discovered in ripMime's handling of filenames. Passing an excessively long filename (2079+ characters) through the appropriate command line switches causes the EIP to be overwritten. An attacker may exploit this situation to execute arbitrary code, potentially resulting in an elevation of privileges.