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Mercur Mail Server IMAP Buffer Overflow
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA8966
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Release Date:
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2003-06-09
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Popularity:
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5,399 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Mercur Mailserver 4.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in Mercur Mail Server possibly allowing execution of arbitrary code.
The problem is within the IMAP service, by sending a long string to any command including "LOGIN" a buffer overflow may be caused. This allows malicious people to crash the service or possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.
This has been reported to affect version 4.2.14.0 and prior.
Solution:
Version 4.2.15.0 is not vulnerable.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Dennis Rand
Original Advisory:
http://www.infowarfare.dk/Advisories/iw-18-advisory.txt
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