GFI MailSecurity up to 8.1 HTTP Management Interface memory corruption
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GFI MailSecurity up to 8.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component HTTP Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Buffer overflow in the HTTP management interface for GFI MailSecurity 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long headers such as (1) Host and (2) Accept in HTTP requests. NOTE: the vendor suggests that this issues is "in an underlying Microsoft technology" which, if true, could mean that the overflow affects other products as well.
The bug was discovered 10/12/2005. The weakness was disclosed 10/12/2005 by Gary O'leary-Steele with Sec-1 (Website). The advisory is available at kbase.gfi.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3182 since 10/12/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20016 (GFI MailSecurity HTTP Management Interface Request Header Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ftp.gfi.com.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (20016).
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 20016
Nessus Name: GFI MailSecurity HTTP Management Interface Request Header Overflow
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Patch: ftp.gfi.com
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Advisory: kbase.gfi.comResearcher: Gary O'leary-Steele
Organization: Sec-1
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-3182 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1015046
Vulnerability Center: 9460 - Buffer Overflow in GFI MailSecurity via Large Strings in HTTP Requests, Critical
SecurityFocus: 15081 - GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP Web Interface Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 17136 - GFI MailSecurity HTTP Management Interface Buffer Overflow, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 19926 - GFI MailSecurity HTTP Management Interface Request Header Overflow
Entry
Created: 10/17/2005 11:39Updated: 07/04/2019 17:41
Changes: 10/17/2005 11:39 (86), 07/04/2019 17:41 (1)
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