MailEnable Professional Edition/Enterprise Edition IMAP Service memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in MailEnable Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition. Affected is an unknown function of the component IMAP Service. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-1014. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MailEnable Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition (Mail Server Software) (version now known). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component IMAP Service. 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:

Buffer overflow in the IMAP service for MailEnable Enterprise 1.04 and earlier and Professional 1.54 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long AUTHENTICATE command.

The bug was discovered 04/04/2005. The weakness was presented 05/02/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.grok.org.uk. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-1014 since 04/08/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17974 (MailEnable IMAP / SMTP Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities), 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.

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 (19947), Tenable (17974), SecurityFocus (BID 12995†), OSVDB (15231†) and Secunia (SA14812†). See VDB-2707, VDB-2728, VDB-2727 and VDB-2767 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 17974
Nessus Name: MailEnable IMAP / SMTP Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: lists.grok.org.uk
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-1014 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1014
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24793
X-Force: 19947
SecurityFocus: 12995 - MailEnable IMAP Authenticate Request Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 14812 - MailEnable IMAP Buffer Overflow and SMTP Denial of Service, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 15231 - MailEnable - IMAP Authenticate Request - Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1013637
Vulnerability Center: 7545 - Buffer Overflow in MailEnable via Long AUTHENTICATE Command, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/09/2019 07:54
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (80), 07/09/2019 07:54 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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