MailEnable Professional and MailEnable Enterprise IMAP service buffer overflow
| mailenable-imapservice-bo (41058) |  High Risk |
Description:
MailEnable Professional and MailEnable Enterprise are vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the IMAP service (MEIMAPS.exe). By sending overly long parameters to the FETCH, EXAMINE and UNSUBSCRIBE commands, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- MailEnable, MailEnable Enterprise Edition 3.13 and prior
- MailEnable, MailEnable Professional Edition 3.13 and prior
Remedy:
Refer to MailEnable Web site for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Luigi Auriemma Advisories, 07 Mar 2008, MailEnable Professional and Enterprise at http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/maildisable-adv.txt.
- MailEnable Web site, MailEnable - high performance mail server software at http://www.mailenable.com/.
- BID-28145: MailEnable 3.13 and Prior IMAP Service Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-1276: Multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP service (MEIMAPS.EXE) in MailEnable Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition 3.13 and earlier allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) FETCH, (2) EXAMINE, and (3) UNSUBSCRIBE commands.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0799: MailEnable Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- SA29277: MailEnable IMAP Service Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1019565: MailEnable Buffer Overflows in FETCH, EXAMINE, and UNSUBSCRIBE Commands Let Remote Authenticated Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Reported:
Mar 07, 2008
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