Incognito iSMTP Gateway 5.0.1 Mail From memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Incognito iSMTP Gateway 5.0.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Mail From Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2002-1985. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Incognito iSMTP Gateway 5.0.1. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Mail From Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

iSMTP 5.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long "MAIL FROM" command, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 by K. K. Mookhey (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at nii.co.in. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1985 since 06/29/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10577) and SecurityFocus (BID 6151†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/11/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +50 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/29/2005 +911 days 🔍
08/05/2014 +3324 days 🔍
07/07/2024 +3624 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: nii.co.in
Researcher: K. K. Mookhey
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1985 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1985
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19627
X-Force: 10577
SecurityFocus: 6151 - Incognito Systems ISMTP Gateway Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 08/05/2014 11:42
Updated: 07/07/2024 11:24
Changes: 08/05/2014 11:42 (47), 04/19/2019 21:30 (4), 07/07/2024 11:24 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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