Trend Micro PC-cillin Mail Scanner Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:6350

Info

Trend Micro PC-cillin Mail Scanner Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6350
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 10 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 10 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability credited to Joel Soderberg and Christer Oberg of Texonet.
Vulnerable: Trend Micro PC-cillin 2003
Trend Micro PC-cillin 2002
Trend Micro PC-cillin 2000
Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition 5.0 2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Trend Micro PC-cillin Mail Scanner Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for PC-cillin's mail scanning utility.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by connecting to a vulnerable pop3trap.exe service and sending an overly long string. This will result in the process crashing and allowing the attacker to gain control over the execution of the process.

Exploit / POC

Trend Micro PC-cillin Mail Scanner Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Exploit contributed by Deadbeat <[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Trend Micro PC-cillin Mail Scanner Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
PC-cillin 2000 users are advised to upgrade to PC-cillin 2002 or later.

The following fixes are available:


Trend Micro PC-cillin 2002

Trend Micro PC-cillin 2003

Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition 5.0 2

References

Trend Micro PC-cillin Mail Scanner Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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