15737 : MailEnable Authorization Header Remote Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
5	1311	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	6 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-04-22	2005-04-24

Description

A remote overflow exists in MailEnable. The 'MEHTTPS.exe' service fails to perform proper bounds checking resulting in a buffer overflow. By supplying an overly long string in the 'Authorization' header, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, MailEnable has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

MailEnable Pty. Ltd.	MailEnable Professional Edition	1.54
MailEnable Pty. Ltd.	MailEnable Entreprise Edition	1.04

References

Security Tracker: 1013786
Bugtraq ID: 13350
Secunia Advisory ID: 15062
Metasploit ID: 15737
ISS X-Force ID: 20240
Vendor URL: http://www.mailenable.com/
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/MEHTTPS.zip
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/mailenable_httpmail_authorization
http://www.x0n3-h4ck.org/upload/x0n3-h4ck_mailenable_https.pl

Tools & Filters

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Snort	4637

Credit

CorryL - corryl80gmail.com -

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