10843 : Ipswitch IMail Web Service Long URL Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
3	811	about 9 years ago	11 months ago	5 times	100%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
1999-03-01

Description

A remote overflow exists in IMail Server. The application fails to perform proper bounds checking resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted HTTP GET request containing 3,000 bytes or more, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Ipswitch has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Ipswitch, Inc.

IMail Server

5.0

References

ISS X-Force ID: 1898
Exploit Database: 19380
CVE ID: 1999-1551 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 505
Other Advisory URL: http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD19990301.html
http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD19990301.html [ Link is 404 ]
Vendor URL: http://www.ipswitch.com/index.asp

Credit

eEye Digital Security - eEye Digital Security

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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