SurgeMail webmail.exe buffer overflow
| surgemail-webmail-bo (40834) |  High Risk |
Description:
SurgeMail is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of environment strings by the webmail.exe command. By sending an HTTP GET request containing an overly long string, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- NetWin, SurgeMail 1.9 and prior
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8k4
Remedy:
No remedy available as of February 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Luigi Auriemma ADVISORIES, 25 Feb 2008, SurgeMail Mail Server at http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/surgemailz-adv.txt.
- NetWin Web site, Fast Reliable Mail Server, stops spam and viruses, easy to install at http://netwinsite.com.
- BID-27992: SurgeMail Real CGI executables Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-1054: Stack-based buffer overflow in the _lib_spawn_user_getpid function in (1) swatch.exe and (2) surgemail.exe in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4 and earlier, and beta 39a, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with multiple long headers to webmail.exe and unspecified other CGI executables, which triggers an overflow when assigning values to environment variables. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
- CVE-2008-1498: Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service in NetWin Surgemail 3.8k4-4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the LIST command.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0678: NetWin SurgeMail Format String and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0901: Surgemail LIST and LSUB Commands Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- SA29105: SurgeMail Format String and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1019500: SurgeMail Format String and Heap Overflow May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Reported:
Feb 25, 2008
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