InetServ 3.0 WebMail Long GET Request Vulnerability

BID:949

Info

InetServ 3.0 WebMail Long GET Request Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 949
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 17 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 17 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by Greg Hoglund and posted to the NTBugtraq mailling list on jan 17, 2000.
Vulnerable: A-V Tronics InetServ 3.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 95 SR2
- Microsoft Windows 98 SP1
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
- 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

InetServ 3.0 WebMail Long GET Request Vulnerability

InetServ is a freeware mail server for 32 bit Windows systems.

One of the features of this program is webmail, which allows mail to be read from any browser. There is an unchecked buffer in the code that parses the GET requests, and a request of 537 bytes or longer will overwrite the EIP register. This overflow can allow arbitrary code to be run on the machine by a remote attacker.

There are also many other unchecked buffers in the code, each of which could potentially be exploited in this manner.

It should be noted that the webmail interface is an optional feature of A-V Tronics InetServ, and is not enabled by default.

Exploit / POC

InetServ 3.0 WebMail Long GET Request Vulnerability

This exploit will share all drives on the target machine with no password.

Solution / Fix

InetServ 3.0 WebMail Long GET Request 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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InetServ 3.0 WebMail Long GET Request Vulnerability

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