Microsoft Exchange IMAP command denial of service
| exchange-imap-command-dos (33890) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Exchange is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by an invalid memory request in the IMAP service. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted IMAP command to an Exchange Server configured as an IMAP server to cause the email service to stop responding.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in the latest Microsoft Security Bulletin. See References.
— OR —
Use Microsoft Automatic Update if it is supported by your operating system. The original bulletin issued by Microsoft has been superseded.
References:
- iDefense Labs PUBLIC ADVISORY: 05.08.07: Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 IMAP Literal Processing DoS Vulnerability.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-026: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution (931832).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-039: Vulnerabilities in Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (953747).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-003: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution (959239).
- NORTEL BULLETIN ID: 2008008958, Rev 1: Centrex IP Client Manager (CICM) response to Microsoft July security bulletin .
- ASA-2007-191: MS07-026 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution (931832)
- BID-23810: Microsoft Exchange IMAP Command Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-0221: Integer overflow in the IMAP (IMAP4) support in Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service hang) via crafted literals in an IMAP command, aka the IMAP Literal Processing Vulnerability.
- OSVDB ID: 34392: Microsoft Exchange Server IMAP Literal Processing DoS
- SA25183: Microsoft Exchange Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1018015: Microsoft Exchange Base64, iCal, IMAP, and Attachment Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service or Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1711: Microsoft Exchange Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (MS07-026)
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 SP3
- Microsoft Windows Vista
Reported:
May 08, 2007
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