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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in MailEnable Professional 1.54 (Mail Server Software). This issue affects an unknown part of the component IMAP Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP daemon (imapd) in MailEnable Professional 1.54 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via the status command with a long mailbox name.
The weakness was published 07/18/2005 by Core Security with CORE Security Technologies (Website). The advisory is shared at coresecurity.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2278 since 07/17/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19193 (MailEnable IMAP STATUS Command Remote 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 r.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 3072. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3887.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21358) and Tenable (19193).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Stack-based overflowCWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 19193
Nessus Name: MailEnable IMAP STATUS Command Remote Overflow
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Saint ID: exploit_info/mailenable_imap_status
Saint Name: MailEnable IMAP STATUS buffer overflow
MetaSploit ID: mailenable_status.rb
MetaSploit Name: MailEnable IMAPD (1.54) STATUS Request Buffer Overflow
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Snort ID: 3072
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-IMAP status overflow attempt
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Timeline
06/30/2005 🔍07/13/2005 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: coresecurity.comResearcher: Core Security
Organization: CORE Security Technologies
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2005-2278 (🔍)
X-Force: 21358
Vulnerability Center: 8603 - MailEnable\x27s IMAP Buffer Overflow via STATUS Command, Medium
SecurityFocus: 14243 - MailEnable IMAP SELECT Request Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 15986 - MailEnable IMAP "STATUS" Command Buffer Overflow, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 17844 - MailEnable IMAP STATUS Command Remote Overflow
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 06/07/2019 07:48
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (79), 06/07/2019 07:48 (11)
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