Alt-N MDaemon up to 13.0.3 IMAP Server STARTTLS cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Alt-N MDaemon up to 13.0.3. Affected by this issue is the function STARTTLS of the component IMAP Server. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Alt-N MDaemon up to 13.0.3 (Mail Server Software). Affected by this issue is the function STARTTLS of the component IMAP Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 10/24/2012 with Alt-N as 24535 as confirmed changelog entry (Website). The advisory is available at files.altn.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by QSecure / Demetris Papapetrou and been published 5 months after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 13.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (24535) and OSVDB (90479†). See VDB-7783, VDB-7784, VDB-7785 and VDB-7786 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: QSecure / Demetris Papapetrou
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MDaemon 13.0.4

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10/24/2012 🔍
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02/21/2013 +120 days 🔍
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02/22/2013 +1 days 🔍
05/03/2018 +1896 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: altn.com

Advisory: 24535
Organization: Alt-N
Status: Confirmed
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GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7778
OSVDB: 90479

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

Created: 02/22/2013 11:35
Updated: 05/03/2018 12:26
Changes: 02/22/2013 11:35 (53), 05/03/2018 12:26 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:64D:103

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