Avirt Mail 'Mail From:' and 'Rcpt to:' DoS Vulnerability

BID:1825

Info

Avirt Mail 'Mail From:' and 'Rcpt to:' DoS Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1825
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 23 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 23 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Posted to Bugtraq on October 23, 2000 by Martin <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Avirt Mail 4.2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Avirt Mail 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Avirt Mail 'Mail From:' and 'Rcpt to:' DoS Vulnerability

Due to insufficient bounds checking in the code that handles the fields 'MAIL FROM:' and 'RCPT TO:', it is possible to remotely crash Avirt Mail.

Entering over 272 characters into the 'RCPT TO:' field will crash the application upon termination of the session and no further connections can be initiated until Avirt Mail is restarted. This is also the case with the 'MAIL FROM' field with the exception that over 556 characters must be entered.

Exploit / POC

Avirt Mail 'Mail From:' and 'Rcpt to:' DoS Vulnerability

Martin <[email protected]> has released the following exploit:

Solution / Fix

Avirt Mail 'Mail From:' and 'Rcpt to:' DoS Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff 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].

References

Avirt Mail 'Mail From:' and 'Rcpt to:' DoS Vulnerability

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