Novell GroupWise Internet Agent < 7.03 HP3 / 8.0 HP2 Multiple Buffer Overflows

critical Nessus Plugin ID 38972

Synopsis

The SMTP server running on the remote Windows host has multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

Description

A vulnerable version of GroupWise Internet Agent is running on the remote host. The software contains unspecified buffer overflow vulnerabilities that are triggered when processing email addresses and other specially crafted SMTP requests.

This could allow a remote attacker to crash the service or execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.

Solution

Upgrade to Novell GroupWise version 7.03 HP3 / 8.0 HP2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?422158ab

http://www.nessus.org/u?77140f4e

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 38972

File Name: groupwise_ia_multiple_overflows.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/1/2009

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/GWIA/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1636

BID: 35064, 35065

CWE: 119