NetWin surgemail up to 38k4 swatch.exe _lib_spawn_user_getpid memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in NetWin surgemail. This vulnerability affects the function _lib_spawn_user_getpid in the library lib_spawn_user_getpid of the file swatch.exe. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-1054. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NetWin surgemail. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function _lib_spawn_user_getpid in the library lib_spawn_user_getpid of the file swatch.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 integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _lib_spawn_user_getpid function in (1) swatch.exe and (2) surgemail.exe in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4 and earlier, and beta 39a, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with multiple long headers to webmail.exe and unspecified other CGI executables, which triggers an overflow when assigning values to environment variables. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was presented 02/27/2008 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1054 since 02/27/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as functional.

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 (40834), SecurityFocus (BID 27992†), Secunia (SA29105†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019500†). See VDB-41254, VDB-41688 and VDB-41687 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Functional
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netwininfosolutions.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-1054 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1054
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41253
X-Force: 40834 - SurgeMail webmail.exe buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 27992 - SurgeMail Real CGI executables Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 29105 - SurgeMail Format String and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1019500
Vupen: ADV-2008-0678

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 09/19/2018 07:50
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (60), 09/19/2018 07:50 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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