Atrium MERCUR Messaging IMAP NTLM buffer overflow
| mercur-imap-ntlm-bo (33120) |  High Risk |
Description:
Atrium MERCUR Messaging is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the IMAP service. By sending a specially-crafted NTLM authentication request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the server to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 6.3 |
| Exploitability: | Functional |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of February 6, 2010.
References:
- Atrium Software Web site: Email Messaging and Communication Software by Atrium Software.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Tue Mar 20 2007 - 12:11:13 CDT: Mercur SP4 IMAPD.
- BID-23058: Atrium Mercur IMapD NTLM Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-1578: Multiple integer signedness errors in the NTLM implementation in Atrium MERCUR IMAPD (mcrimap4.exe) 5.00.14, with SP4, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long NTLMSSP argument that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
- OSVDB ID: 33545: Mercur Messaging/Mailserver IMAP NTLM Authentication NTLMSSP Argument Remote Overflow
- SA24596: Mercur Messaging IMAP NTLM Authentication Processing Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1017798: MERCUR Mailserver NTLM IMAP Command Integer Signedness Bug Permits Remote Code Execution
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1053: Atrium MERCUR Messaging NTLM Authentication Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Atrium Software International MERCUR Messaging 2005 SP4 and prior
Reported:
Mar 20, 2007
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