16804 : Ipswitch IMail IMAP LOGIN username Remote Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
13	4131	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	9 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-04-25	2005-04-25	2005-05-10	2005-05-24	2005-06-07

Time to Exploit	Time to Vendor Response
43 days	15 days

Description

A remote overflow exists in IMail Server. The IMAP service (IMAP4D32.EXE) fails to perform proper bounds checking resulting in a buffer overflow. By passing either an overly long username starting with special characters to the 'LOGIN' command, 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 Public, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 8.2 Hotfix 2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Ipswitch, Inc.	IMail Server	8.13
		8.12

References

Security Tracker: 1014047
Milw0rm: 1035 1124
Exploit Database: 1035 1124
Secunia Advisory ID: 15483
Related OSVDB ID: 16803 16805 16806 16807
CVE ID: 2005-1255 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-05/0274.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-06/0075.html
Generic Exploit URL: http://immunitysec.com
http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/imail_imap_login_specialchar
http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5ZP0E00GLA.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=243&type=vulnerabilities
Vendor URL: http://www.ipswitch.com/products/collaboration/index.asp
http://www.ipswitch.com/products/IMail_Server/index.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im82hf2.html

Credit

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-05-25 | Disagree?

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