20956 : Novell NetMail IMAP Service Verb Argument Remote Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
4	706	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	9 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Exploit Publish Date	Disclosure Date
2005-10-24	2005-10-24	2005-11-17	2005-11-18

Time to Exploit
24 days

Keywords

ZDI-05-003

Description

A remote overflow exists in Novell NetMail. The IMAP service fails to perform proper bounds checking resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request containing an overly long verb argument, 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: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Technical

ZDI has released a working exploit to their paying customers.

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.52e or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Novell, Inc.

NetMail

3.52D

References

Security Tracker: 1015240
Bugtraq ID: 15491
Secunia Advisory ID: 17641
SCIP VulDB ID: 1911
CVE ID: 2005-3314 (see also: NVD)
Metasploit ID: 20956
ISS X-Force ID: 23114
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2005-2494
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0599.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972665.htm
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972672.htm
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972673.htm
Vendor URL: http://www.novell.com/
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/netmail_imap
Other Advisory URL: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-05-003.html
Keyword: ZDI-05-003

Tools & Filters

	20318

Credit

Sebastian Apelt - Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-11-30 | Disagree?

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