Floosietek FTGate APOP Command Heap Overflow Vulnerability

BID:4427

Info

Floosietek FTGate APOP Command Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4427
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 04 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 04 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Credited to Ilya Teterin (aka buggzy) and SECURITY.NNOV.
Vulnerable: Floosietek FTGatePro 1.0 5
Floosietek FTGateOffice 1.0 5
Not Vulnerable: Floosietek FTGateLite 1.0

Discussion

Floosietek FTGate APOP Command Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Floosietek FTGatePRO and FTGateOffice are high performance, feature rich mail servers for the Microsoft Windows operating system.

The APOP command is used to provide secure authentication to a POP3 mail server. If an extremely long parameter is supplied to this command, it is possible to overflow memory allocated on the heap.

Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in the execution of arbitrary code as the FTGate server process.

Exploit / POC

Floosietek FTGate APOP Command Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Floosietek FTGate APOP Command Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
A hotfix is available:


Floosietek FTGateOffice 1.0 5

Floosietek FTGatePro 1.0 5

References

Floosietek FTGate APOP Command Heap Overflow Vulnerability

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