IMail IMonitor status.cgi DoS Vulnerability

BID:914

Info

IMail IMonitor status.cgi DoS Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 914
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 05 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 05 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered and publicized by USSR Labs on January 5, 1999
Vulnerable: Ipswitch IMail 6.1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- 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 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 5.0.8
- 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

IMail IMonitor status.cgi DoS Vulnerability

IMail includes a service called IMail Monitor which is used for local and remote performance measuring and diagnostics. It includes a small webserver operating on port 8181 to support web-based monitoring. One of the cgi scripts, status.cgi, is used to determine which services are currently running and create a web pafge to report this information. Multiple simultaneous requests for status.cgi will cause the software to crash, with a Dr. Watson error of "Invalid Memory Address".

Exploit / POC

IMail IMonitor status.cgi DoS Vulnerability

dieimail.exe - binary
dieimail.zip - source

Solution / Fix

IMail IMonitor status.cgi DoS Vulnerability

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

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IMail IMonitor status.cgi DoS Vulnerability

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