Ipswitch Ipswitch Collaboration Suite up to 8.19 SMTP Service memory corruption
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Ipswitch Ipswitch Collaboration Suite up to 8.19 (Groupware Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component SMTP Service. 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:
Format string vulnerability in the SMTP service in IMail Server 8.20 in Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS) before 2.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers to the (1) EXPN, (2) MAIL, (3) MAIL FROM, and (4) RCPT TO commands.
The bug was discovered 12/06/2005. The weakness was released 12/06/2005 (Website). The advisory is available at ipswitch.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2931 since 09/15/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20319 (Ipswitch Collaboration Suite / IMail SMTPD Multiple Commands Format String), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SMTP problems and running in the context r.
Upgrading to version 8.20 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4007.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (20319). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 27325.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 20319
Nessus Name: Ipswitch Collaboration Suite / IMail SMTPD Multiple Commands Format String
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Upgrade: Ipswitch Collaboration Suite 8.20
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Vendor: ipswitch.comAdvisory: ipswitch.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2931 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1015317
Vulnerability Center: 9880 - Format String Attack in IPSwitch IMail Server SMTP Service Enables Code Execution, High
SecurityFocus: 15752 - Ipswitch Collaboration Suite and IMail Server SMTPD Remote Format String Vulnerability
Secunia: 17863 - Ipswitch IMail Server IMAP and SMTP Service Two Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 21498 - CVE-2005-2931 - Ipswitch - Multiple Products - Format String Issue
Vupen: ADV-2005-2782
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Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 06/12/2019 11:02
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (83), 06/12/2019 11:02 (3)
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