MailEnable Enterprise up to 1.6 meimaps.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MailEnable Enterprise up to 1.6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file meimaps.exe. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-6291. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in MailEnable Enterprise up to 1.6 (Mail Server Software). This affects some unknown processing of the file meimaps.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack overflow in the IMAP module (MEIMAPS.EXE) in MailEnable Professional 1.6 through 1.83 and 2.0 through 2.33, and MailEnable Enterprise 1.1 through 1.40 and 2.0 through 2.33, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long argument containing * (asterisk) and ? (question mark) characters to the DELETE command, as addressed by the ME-10020 hotfix.

The bug was discovered 11/30/2006. The weakness was disclosed 12/05/2006 with Secunia Research (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mailenable.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-6291 since 12/05/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability 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 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23756 (MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10021)), 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 l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30614), Tenable (23756), SecurityFocus (BID 21362†), OSVDB (31698†) and Secunia (SA23080†). The entries VDB-2707, VDB-2728, VDB-2727 and VDB-2767 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 23756
Nessus Name: MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10021)
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11/23/2006 🔍
11/30/2006 +7 days 🔍
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12/04/2006 +4 days 🔍
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07/11/2019 +1582 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mailenable.com
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6291 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6291
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33627
X-Force: 30614
SecurityFocus: 21362 - MailEnable IMAP Service Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23080 - MailEnable IMAP Service Two Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 31698 - MailEnable MEIMAPS.EXE buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1017276
Vulnerability Center: 13241 - MailEnable IMAP Remote DoS and Code Execution due to Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-4778

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/11/2019 15:54
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (79), 07/11/2019 15:54 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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