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True North eMailServer SEARCH Command Remote Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3440

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running the True North eMailServer. This version of eMailServer is vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow when passed a long 'SEARCH' directive. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to authenticate with a valid account. Successful exploitation would result in the attacker executing arbitrary code.

Solution

No solution is known at this time.

See Also

http://www.tnsoft.com

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3440

Family: SMTP Servers

Published: 2/21/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:truenorth_software:ia_emailserver

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0853

BID: 16744