XMail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:1652

Info

XMail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1652
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2000-0840
CVE-2000-0841
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 07 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 02:56AM
Credit: This vulnerability was first reported in a SecuriTeam advisory posted to Bugtraq on September 6, 2000.
Vulnerable: Davide Libenzi XMail 0.58
Not Vulnerable: Davide Libenzi XMail 0.59

Discussion

XMail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Versions of XMail prior to 0.59 contained multiple exploitable buffer overflows. By issuing either a USER or APOP command with arguments longer than 256 characters remote users can either crash the server or execute arbitrary code.

Exploit / POC

XMail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

XMail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
This vulnerability has been fixed in the latest version of XMail.

References

XMail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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