Novell NetMail 3.5.2 IMAP Daemon denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Novell NetMail 3.5.2. This affects an unknown part of the component IMAP Daemon. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-6762. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Novell NetMail 3.5.2. This affects some unknown processing of the component IMAP Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The IMAP daemon (IMAPD) in Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via an APPEND command with a single "(" (parenthesis) in the argument.

The weakness was disclosed 12/26/2006 by Dennis Rand (CIRT) with CIRT.DK as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-6762 since 12/26/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 3.52e eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 21729†) and Secunia (SA23437†). The entries VDB-34046, VDB-34037 and VDB-34036 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: NetMail 3.52e

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12/23/2006 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Dennis Rand (CIRT)
Organization: CIRT.DK
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6762 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6762
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34047
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SecurityFocus: 21729 - Novell Netmail IMAP APPEND Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23437 - Novell NetMail NMAP/IMAP Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-5134

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/22/2024 20:55
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (62), 08/12/2018 08:07 (2), 07/22/2024 20:55 (17)
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