MailEnable Professional up to 1.70 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MailEnable Professional up to 1.70. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-4456. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in MailEnable Professional up to 1.70 (Mail Server Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in MailEnable Professional 1.71 and Enterprise 1.1 before patch ME-10009 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long (1) LIST, (2) LSUB, and (3) UID FETCH commands. NOTE: it is possible that these are alternate vectors for the issue described in CVE-2005-4402.

The bug was discovered 12/19/2005. The weakness was disclosed 12/21/2005 by Tim Shelton as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-4456 since 12/21/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly 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 20322 (MailEnable IMAP EXAMINE Command Remote Overflow), 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 to version 1.71 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (20322), SecurityFocus (BID 15985†), OSVDB (22007†), Secunia (SA18134†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-10049†). The entries VDB-27698 and VDB-27643 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Mail Server Software

Name

• MailEnable Professional

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.46
• 1.47
• 1.48
• 1.49
• 1.50
• 1.51
• 1.52
• 1.53
• 1.54
• 1.55
• 1.56
• 1.57
• 1.58
• 1.59
• 1.60
• 1.61
• 1.62
• 1.63
• 1.64
• 1.65
• 1.66
• 1.67
• 1.68
• 1.69
• 1.70

License

• commercial

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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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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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 20322
Nessus Name: MailEnable IMAP EXAMINE Command Remote Overflow
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MailEnable Professional 1.71

Timelineinfo

11/18/2005 🔍
11/18/2005 +0 days 🔍
12/19/2005 +31 days 🔍
12/20/2005 +1 days 🔍
12/21/2005 +1 days 🔍
12/21/2005 +0 days 🔍
12/21/2005 +0 days 🔍
12/21/2005 +0 days 🔍
12/27/2005 +6 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3362 days 🔍
06/12/2019 +1553 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Tim Shelton
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4456 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4456
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27697
SecurityFocus: 15985 - MailEnable Multiple IMAP Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 18134 - MailEnable Multiple IMAP Command Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 22007 - MailEnable IMAP multiple commands buffer overflow
Vulnerability Center: 10049 - MailEnable Buffer Overflow Allows Remote DoS and Arbitrary Code Execution, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/12/2019 18:55
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (72), 06/12/2019 18:55 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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