Internet Anywhere Mail Server DoS Vulnerability

BID:733

Info

Internet Anywhere Mail Server DoS Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 733
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-1999-1500
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 01 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 12:56AM
Credit: Discovered and posted to NTBugtraq by Arne Vidstrom on Oct 1, 1999
Vulnerable: True North Software Internet Anywhere Mail Server 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable: True North Software Internet Anywhere Mail Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

Discussion

Internet Anywhere Mail Server DoS Vulnerability

The POP3 commands "list", "top", and "uidl", if sent with arguments that are letters instead of the expected numbers, will crash the server.

Exploit / POC

Internet Anywhere Mail Server DoS Vulnerability

See discussion

Solution / Fix

Internet Anywhere Mail Server DoS Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been fixed in the latest release of IAMS, 3.1 . This software is available from True North Software's web page, at:
http://www.tnsoft.com/mailserver

References

Internet Anywhere Mail Server DoS Vulnerability

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