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Ipswitch IMail IMAP Service DELETE Command Remote Overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15771

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Synopsis

The remote mail server is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Ipswitch IMail that is older than version 8.14.0.

The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when it processes the argument of the 'delete' command. An attacker may exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade to IMail 8.14 or later, as this reportedly fixes the issue.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2004/Nov/188

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15771

File Name: ipswitch_IMail_bo2.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: remote

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/19/2004

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ipswitch:imail

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2004

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Mdaemon 8.0.3 IMAPD CRAM-MD5 Authentication Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1520

BID: 11675