The argument parser of the PARTIAL command in Cyrus IMAP Server 2.2.6 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a certain command ("body[p") that is treated as a different command ("body.peek") and causes an index increment error that leads to an out-of-bounds memory corruption.

Stefan Esser discovered several buffer overflows in the Cyrus IMAP server. Due to insufficient checking within the argument parser of the 'partial' and 'fetch' commands, an argument like 'body[p' was detected as 'body.peek'. This could cause a buffer overflow which could be exploited to execute arbitrary attacker-supplied code.

This update also fixes an exploitable buffer overflow that could be triggered in situations when memory allocation fails (i. e. when no free memory is available any more).

Both vulnerabilities can lead to privilege escalation to root.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Due to a bug within the argument parser of the partial command an argument like 'body[p' will be wrongly detected as 'body.peek'.
Because of this the bufferposition gets increased by 10 instead of 5 and could therefore point outside the allocated memory buffer for the rest of the parsing process. In imapd versions prior to 2.2.7 the handling of 'body' or 'bodypeek' arguments was broken so that the terminating ']' got overwritten by a '\0'. Combined the two problems allow a potential attacker to overwrite a single byte of malloc() control structures, which leads to remote code execution if the attacker successfully controls the heap layout.

The remote host is missing Security Update 2005-003. This security update contains security fixes for the following applications :

  - AFP Server
  - Bluetooth Setup Assistant
  - Core Foundation
  - Cyrus IMAP
  - Cyrus SASL
  - Folder Permissions
  - Mailman
  - Safari

These programs have multiple vulnerabilities which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2004:043 (cyrus-imapd).


Stefan Esser reported various bugs within the Cyrus IMAP Server.
These include buffer overflows and out-of-bounds memory access which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root. The bugs occur in the pre-authentication phase, therefore an update is strongly recommended.

A number of vulnerabilities in the Cyrus-IMAP server were found by Stefan Esser. Due to insufficient checking within the argument parser of the 'partial' and 'fetch' commands, a buffer overflow could be exploited to execute arbitrary attacker-supplied code. Another exploitable buffer overflow could be triggered in situations when memory allocation files.

The provided packages have been patched to prevent these problems.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200411-34 (Cyrus IMAP Server: Multiple remote vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the argument     parsers of the 'partial' and 'fetch' commands of the Cyrus IMAP Server     (CAN-2004-1012, CAN-2004-1013). There are also buffer overflows in the     'imap magic plus' code that are vulnerable to exploitation as well     (CAN-2004-1011, CAN-2004-1015).
  Impact :

    An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary     code with the rights of the user running the Cyrus IMAP Server.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Stefan Esser discovered several security related problems in the Cyrus IMAP daemon. Due to a bug in the command parser it is possible to access memory beyond the allocated buffer in two places which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

According to its banner, the remote Cyrus IMAPD server is vulnerable to one pre-authentication buffer overflow, as well as three post- authentication buffer overflows. A remote attacker could exploit these issues to crash the server, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
20647	Ubuntu 4.10 : cyrus21-imapd vulnerabilities (USN-31-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
18845	FreeBSD : Cyrus IMAPd -- PARTIAL command out of bounds memory corruption (114d70f3-3d16-11d9-8818-008088034841)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
17587	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-003)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
15923	SUSE-SA:2004:043: cyrus-imapd	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
15836	Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cyrus-imapd (MDKSA-2004:139)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	critical
15833	GLSA-200411-34 : Cyrus IMAP Server: Multiple remote vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
15830	Debian DSA-597-1 : cyrus-imapd - buffer overflow	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
15819	Cyrus IMAP Server < 2.2.10 Multiple Remote Overflows	Nessus	Gain a shell remotely	high

Detections

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CVE-2004-1012

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