Novell Netmail IMAP APPEND Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:21729

Info

Novell Netmail IMAP APPEND Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 21729
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2006-6425
CVE-2006-6762
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 23 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 06 2016 02:40PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Dennis Rand of CIRT.DK.
Vulnerable: Novell NetMail 3.52 D
Novell NetMail 3.52 C1
Novell NetMail 3.52 C
Novell NetMail 3.52 B
Novell NetMail 3.52 A
Novell NetMail 3.52
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Novell Netmail IMAP APPEND Denial of Service Vulnerability

Novell Netmail is prone to a remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability. A malformed IMAP APPEND argument can trigger this issue.

A successful exploit could let an authenticated remote attacker crash the affected server.

Exploit / POC

Novell Netmail IMAP APPEND Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can trigger his issue manually by authenticating to the IMAP server and then sending a malformed IMAP APPEND request that specifies a single '(' character as the argument.

Solution / Fix

Novell Netmail IMAP APPEND Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
This vulnerability has been addressed by NetMail 3.52e ftf 2.


Novell NetMail 3.52

Novell NetMail 3.52 A

Novell NetMail 3.52 C

Novell NetMail 3.52 D

Novell NetMail 3.52 B

Novell NetMail 3.52 C1

References

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