MailEnable IMAP Service Multiple Remote Pre-Authentication Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:11755

Info

MailEnable IMAP Service Multiple Remote Pre-Authentication Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 11755
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 25 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 25 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to Nima Majidi <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.116
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.115
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.114
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.113
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.112
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.111
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.110
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.109
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.108
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.107
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.106
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.105
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.104
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.103
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.102
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.101
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.52
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.51
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.19
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.18
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.17
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.16
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.15
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.14
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.13
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.12
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.5
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.2 a
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.2 a
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.2
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.2
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.1
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 017
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 016
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 015
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 014
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 013
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 012
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 011
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 010
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 009
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 008
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 007
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 006
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 005
MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.0 004
MailEnable MailEnable Enterprise Edition 1.0 1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

MailEnable IMAP Service Multiple Remote Pre-Authentication Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

MailEnable IMAP service is reported prone to multiple remote buffer overflow vulnerabilities. The following individual issues are reported:

The first buffer overflow vulnerability is reported to exist due to a lack of sufficient bounds checking performed on IMAP command arguments before the argument is copied into a finite process memory buffer.

A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability prior to authentication to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected service.

The second buffer overflow vulnerability presents itself due to a lack of boundary checks performed on request data sent to the IMAP service.

A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability prior to authentication to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected service.

Exploit / POC

MailEnable IMAP Service Multiple Remote Pre-Authentication Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

MailEnable IMAP Service Multiple Remote Pre-Authentication Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
It is reported that the vendor has released a fix for this vulnerability. This fix does not appear to be available at the time of writing. Reports indicate that the fix will be available at the following location:
http://mailenable.com/hotfix.asp
Customers are advised to contact the vendor for further details in regards to obtaining and applying appropriate updates

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

MailEnable IMAP Service Multiple Remote Pre-Authentication Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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