Ipswitch Collaboration Suite and IMail Server SMTPD Remote Format String Vulnerability

BID:15752

Info

Ipswitch Collaboration Suite and IMail Server SMTPD Remote Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15752
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-2931
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 06 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:56PM
Credit: Nico is credited for the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: Ipswitch Ipswitch Collaboration Suite 2.0 1
Ipswitch Ipswitch Collaboration Suite
Ipswitch IMail 8.20
Not Vulnerable: Ipswitch Ipswitch Collaboration Suite 2.0 2
Ipswitch IMail 8.22

Discussion

Ipswitch Collaboration Suite and IMail Server SMTPD Remote Format String Vulnerability

Ipswitch Collaboration Suite and IMail Server are susceptible to a remote format string vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input prior to including it in a format-specifier argument to a formatted printing function.

This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the affected application.

Exploit / POC

Ipswitch Collaboration Suite and IMail Server SMTPD Remote Format String Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Ipswitch Collaboration Suite and IMail Server SMTPD Remote Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes to address this issue:


Ipswitch Ipswitch Collaboration Suite 2.0 1

Ipswitch IMail 8.20

References

Ipswitch Collaboration Suite and IMail Server SMTPD Remote Format String Vulnerability

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