Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus IMAP Server up to 2.2.9 memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus IMAP Server up to 2.2.9. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in proxyd for Cyrus IMAP Server 2.2.9 and earlier, with the imapmagicplus option enabled, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1011.

The bug was discovered 11/25/2004. The weakness was disclosed 01/10/2005 by Sebastian Krahmer (Website). The advisory is available at security.gentoo.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-1015 since 11/04/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/05/2019).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15819 (Cyrus IMAP Server < 2.2.10 Multiple Remote Overflows), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3344.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18198) and Tenable (15819). The entries 21897, 23675, 23661 and 23660 are pretty similar.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 15819
Nessus Name: Cyrus IMAP Server < 2.2.10 Multiple Remote Overflows
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OpenVAS ID: 54755
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200411-34 (cyrus-imapd)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: security.gentoo.org
Researcher: Sebastian Krahmer
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-1015 (🔍)
X-Force: 18198
Vulnerability Center: 6207 - Multiple Unspecified Buffer Overflows in Cyrus IMAPD Allows Code Execution, High
SecurityFocus: 11738 - Cyrus IMAPD Multiple Remote Unspecified Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 13274
OSVDB: 12290 - Cyrus IMAP Server "imap magic plus" support code buffer overflow

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Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 06/05/2019 15:28
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (67), 06/05/2019 15:28 (9)
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