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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Novell NetMail 3.5.2. This affects some unknown processing of the component IMAP Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The IMAP daemon (IMAPD) in Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via an APPEND command with a single "(" (parenthesis) in the argument.

The weakness was disclosed 12/26/2006 by Dennis Rand (CIRT) with CIRT.DK as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-6762 since 12/26/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 3.52e eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 21729†) and Secunia (SA23437†). The entries VDB-34046, VDB-34037 and VDB-34036 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Novell

Name

• NetMail

Version

• 3.5.2

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: NetMail 3.52e

Timelineinfo

12/23/2006 🔍
12/23/2006 +0 days 🔍
12/26/2006 +3 days 🔍
12/26/2006 +0 days 🔍
12/26/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2998 days 🔍
07/22/2024 +3420 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Dennis Rand (CIRT)
Organization: CIRT.DK
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2006-6762 (🔍)
CERT: 🔍
SecurityFocus: 21729 - Novell Netmail IMAP APPEND Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23437 - Novell NetMail NMAP/IMAP Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-5134

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 10:21 PM
Updated: 07/22/2024 08:55 PM
Changes: 03/12/2015 10:21 PM (62), 08/12/2018 08:07 AM (2), 07/22/2024 08:55 PM (17)
Complete: 🔍
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