Ipswitch Ipswitch Collaboration Suite up to <=2006.1 IMAP Daemon imap4d32.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Ipswitch Ipswitch Collaboration Suite. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file imap4d32.exe of the component IMAP Daemon. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-0707. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Ipswitch Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (Groupware Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the file imap4d32.exe of the component IMAP Daemon. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the IMAP daemon (IMAP4d32.exe) for Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS) before 8.15 Hotfix 1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long EXAMINE command.

The bug was discovered 03/10/2005. The weakness was released 05/02/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at securitytracker.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0707 since 03/10/2005. 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 known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17311 (Ipswitch IMail IMAP EXAMINE Argument Buffer Overflow), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 74184 (Ipswitch IMail Server EXAMINE Argument Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version imap4d32.exe) eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 3007. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9059.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19655), Tenable (17311), SecurityFocus (BID 12780†), OSVDB (14657†) and Secunia (SA14546†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 17311
Nessus Name: Ipswitch IMail IMAP EXAMINE Argument Buffer Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ipswitch Collaboration Suite imap4d32.exe)

Snort ID: 3007
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-IMAP command overflow attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ipswitch.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0707 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0707
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24581
X-Force: 19655
SecurityFocus: 12780 - Ipswitch Collaboration Suite IMail Server IMAP EXAMINE Argument Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 14546
OSVDB: 14657 - Ipswitch - IMAP EXAMINE - Buffer Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1013410
Vulnerability Center: 7355 - Buffer Overflow in Ipswitch Imail <= 8.13 via IMAP EXAMINE Function, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/04/2025 20:28
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (76), 06/06/2019 09:50 (8), 07/04/2025 20:28 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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