Courier-IMAP XMAILDIR Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

BID:23589

Info

Courier-IMAP XMAILDIR Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 23589
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 22 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 23 2007 07:00PM
Credit: CJ Kucera is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: Gentoo net-mail/courier-imap 4.0.1
Not Vulnerable: Gentoo net-mail/courier-imap 4.0.6-r2

Discussion

Courier-IMAP XMAILDIR Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

Courier-IMAP is prone to a shell-command-injection vulnerability.

Commands executed through this vulnerability could permit an attacker to gain access to a vulnerable system.

Courier-IMAP versions for Gentoo prior to 4.0.6-r2 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Courier-IMAP XMAILDIR Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Courier-IMAP XMAILDIR Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a fix to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

Courier-IMAP XMAILDIR Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

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