Mailenable Enterprise up to 1.6 IMAP Service meimaps.exe stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mailenable Enterprise up to 1.6. The affected element is an unknown function of the file meimaps.exe of the component IMAP Service. Such manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-3690. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mailenable Enterprise up to 1.6 (Mail Server Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file meimaps.exe of the component IMAP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP service (meimaps.exe) of MailEnable Professional 1.6 and earlier and Enterprise 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long mailbox name in the (1) select, (2) create, (3) delete, (4) rename, (5) subscribe, or (6) unsubscribe commands.

The bug was discovered 11/07/2005. The weakness was presented 11/18/2005 by Tan Chew Keong (Website). The advisory is available at mailenable.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3690 since 11/19/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

After 2 weeks, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at saintcorporation.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 11 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20226 (MailEnable < 1.7 IMAP Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (ME-100008)), 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23230), Tenable (20226), SecurityFocus (BID 15492†), OSVDB (20929†) and Secunia (SA17820†). See VDB-2707, VDB-2728, VDB-2727 and VDB-2767 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 20226
Nessus Name: MailEnable < 1.7 IMAP Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (ME-100008)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/mailenable_imap_mailbox
Saint Name: MailEnable IMAP mailbox name buffer overflow

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mailenable.com
Researcher: Tan Chew Keong
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-3690 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3690
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26978
X-Force: 23230
SecurityFocus: 15492 - MailEnable IMAP Mailbox Name Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 17820 - MailEnable Invalid IMAP Commands Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 20929 - MailEnable IMAP Service (MEIMAPS.EXE) Multiple Command Remote Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1015239
Vulnerability Center: 9697 - MailEnable IMAP Server Buffer Overflow via Overlong Mailbox Name, High
Vupen: ADV-2005-2484

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

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/11/2019 16:25
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (81), 06/11/2019 16:25 (9)
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Cache ID: 216:E7F:103

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