Courier-IMAP Username SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:6738

Info

Courier-IMAP Username SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6738
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 28 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 28 2003 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was reported in the Courier-IMAP 1.7.0 changelog.
Vulnerable: Inter7 Courier-IMAP 1.6
Double Precision Incorporated Courier MTA 0.37.3
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
Not Vulnerable: Inter7 Courier-IMAP 1.7

Discussion

Courier-IMAP Username SQL Injection Vulnerability

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in Courier-IMAP when running in conjunction with a PostgreSQL database. This issue occurs due to insufficient sanitization of supplied usernames during authentication, which are included in a SQL query.

It is possible to modify the logic of SQL queries through exploitation of this issue. It may also allow for the exploitation of latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database implementation.

Exploit / POC

Courier-IMAP Username SQL Injection Vulnerability

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