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MailEnable IMAP STATUS Command Remote Overflow

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3068

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running a version of MailEnable's IMAP service that is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability triggered when processing a STATUS command with a long mailbox name. Once authenticated, an attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code subject to the privileges of the affected application.

Solution

Upgrade to MailEnable Professional 1.6 or higher or to MailEnable Enterprise Edition 1.1 or higher.

See Also

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-07/0205.html

http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=467&idxseccion=10

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 3068

Family: IMAP Servers

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 19193

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mailenable:mailenable

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (MailEnable IMAPD (1.54) STATUS Request Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2278

BID: 14243