Ipswitch IMail Web Service Buffer Overflow DoS Vulnerability

BID:505

Info

Ipswitch IMail Web Service Buffer Overflow DoS Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 505
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-1999-1551
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 01 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 12:56AM
Credit: eEye Advisory AD03011999 posted to Bugtraq March 1, 1999 by MArc of eEye <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Ipswitch IMail 6.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Ipswitch IMail 5.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Ipswitch IMail Web Service Buffer Overflow DoS Vulnerability

The IMail web server can be crashed by requesting an abnormally long URL.

Exploit / POC

Ipswitch IMail Web Service Buffer Overflow DoS Vulnerability

Telnet to target machine, port 8383

Send: GET /glob1/
Where glob1 is 3000 characters.

Marc Maiffret &lt;[email protected]&gt; has released the following exploit:

Solution / Fix

Ipswitch IMail Web Service Buffer Overflow DoS Vulnerability

Solution:
Ipswitch have released patches which eliminates the vulnerability. They can be downloaded at the following location:

http://www.ipswitch.com/support/patches-upgrades.html#IMail

References

Ipswitch IMail Web Service Buffer Overflow DoS Vulnerability

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