Truenorth Software Ia Emailserver 5.3.4 IMAP Service Search memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Truenorth Software Ia Emailserver 5.3.4 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component IMAP Service. Executing a manipulation of the argument Search can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2006-0853. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Truenorth Software Ia Emailserver 5.3.4 (Mail Server Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component IMAP Service. The manipulation of the argument SEARCH 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the IMAP service of TrueNorth Internet Anywhere (IA) eMailserver 5.3.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SEARCH argument.

The bug was discovered 12/10/2005. The weakness was presented 02/20/2006 by João Antunes (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-0853 since 02/23/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 72 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20960 (IA eMailServer IMAP SEARCH 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.

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 (24812), Tenable (20960), SecurityFocus (BID 16744†), OSVDB (23377†) and Secunia (SA18986†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 20960
Nessus Name: IA eMailServer IMAP SEARCH Command Remote Overflow
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12/10/2005 🔍
02/20/2006 +72 days 🔍
02/21/2006 +0 days 🔍
02/22/2006 +1 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3300 days 🔍
06/14/2019 +1555 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: João Antunes
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-0853 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0853
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28858
X-Force: 24812
SecurityFocus: 16744 - True North Software IA EMailServer Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 18986 - IA eMailServer IMAP Command Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 23377 - IA eMailServer IMAP SEARCH Command Remote Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1015664
Vulnerability Center: 10470 - True North IA email Server IMAP Server Buffer Overflow via Search Command, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-0686

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/14/2019 16:40
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (73), 06/14/2019 16:40 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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