Novell NetMail up to 3.10 stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Novell NetMail up to 3.10. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-6424. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell NetMail up to 3.10. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple buffer overflows in Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (1) by appending literals to certain IMAP verbs when specifying command continuation requests to IMAPD, resulting in a heap overflow; and (2) via crafted arguments to the STOR command to the Network Messaging Application Protocol (NMAP) daemon, resulting in a stack overflow.

The weakness was released 12/26/2006 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-6424 since 12/09/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading to version 3.52e eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1930.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 21724†), Secunia (SA23437†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017437†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2626, VDB-34047, VDB-34046 and VDB-34037. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional

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Saint ID: exploit_info/netmail_nmap_stor
Saint Name: Novell NetMail NMAP STOR command buffer overflow

MetaSploit ID: nmap_stor.rb
MetaSploit Name: Novell NetMail NMAP STOR Buffer Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: NetMail 3.52e

Snort ID: 1930
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-IMAP auth literal overflow attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6424 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6424
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34036
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SecurityFocus: 21724 - Novell Netmail IMAP Verb Literal Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 23437 - Novell NetMail NMAP/IMAP Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1017437
Vupen: ADV-2006-5134

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/23/2025 09:39
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (67), 08/12/2018 08:04 (6), 01/18/2025 17:14 (17), 04/23/2025 09:39 (2)
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