AXIGEN Mail Server memcpy denial of service

axigen-memcpy-dos (32342)

Medium Risk

Description:

AXIGEN Mail Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an off-by-one error in memcpy. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a malformed packet to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	5.3
Access Vector:	Remote
Access Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial
Temporal Score:	4.5
Exploitability:	Proof-Of-Concept
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of AXIGEN, available to registered users from the AXIGEN Web site. See References.

References:

• AXIGEN Web site: AXIGEN- secure Linux mail server software for businesses and service providers.
• Full-Disclosure Mailing List, hu Feb 08 2007 - 08:47:41 CST: Axigen <2.0.0b1 DoS.
• BID-22473: Axigen Mail Server Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
• CVE-2007-0886: Heap-based buffer underflow in axigen 1.2.6 through 2.0.0b1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain base64-encoded data on the pop3 port (110/tcp), which triggers an integer overflow.
• SA24073: AXIGEN Mail Server Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

• Gecad Technologies AXIGEN Mail Server prior to 2.0.0b1

Reported:

Feb 08, 2007

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