Novell NetMail AntiVirus agent buffer overflow
| netmail-antivirus-bo (38909) |  High Risk |
Description:
Novell NetMail is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in the AntiVirus agent. By using the avirus.exe service protocol to add integer value to a memory allocation routine prior to an integer overflow check, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code on the victim's system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 6.8 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Apply the patch for this vulnerability (3.52f), available from the Novell Web site. See References.
References:
- Novell Security Alert Document ID: 3639135: Potential Security Vulnerability in NetMail 3.5.2.
- Novell Web site: M+Netmail Updates, Patches, Installation & Configuration Assistance.
- ZDI-07-072: Novell NetMail AntiVirus Agent Multiple Heap Overflow Vulnerabilities.
- BID-26753: Novell NetMail and M+NetMail Antivirus Agent Multiple Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-6302: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in avirus.exe in Novell NetMail 3.5.2 before Messaging Architects M+NetMail 3.52f (aka 3.5.2F) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified ASCII integers used as memory allocation arguments, aka ZDI-CAN-162.
- OSVDB ID: 40869: Novell NetMail AntiVirus Agent (avirus.exe) Unspecified ASCII Iinteger Handling Remote Overflow
- SA27974: Novell NetMail AntiVirus Agent Integer Overflow Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1019063: Novell NetMail Buffer Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-4112: Novell NetMail Unspecified Data Processing Code Execution Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Novell NetMail 3.5.2a
- Novell NetMail 3.5.2b
- Novell NetMail 3.5.2c
- Novell NetMail 3.5.2c1
- Novell NetMail 3.5.2d
- Novell NetMail 3.5.2e_FTF1
- Novell NetMail 3.52
Reported:
Dec 06, 2007
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