19856 : UW-imapd Netmailbox Name mail_valid_net_parse_work() Function Overflow
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7 months ago

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Disclosure

Oct 04, 2005

Discovery

Sep 15, 2005

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

A remote overflow exists in UW-imapd. The mail_valid_net_parse_work() function in 'src/c-client/mail.c' fails to properly validate the user-supplied mailbox name resulting in a stack overflow. With a specially crafted request, a remote authenticated attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown

Technical

Successful exploitation requires valid credentials on the IMAP server.

Solution

Upgrade to version imap-2004g or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

University of Washington

UW-imapd

imap-2004c1

References

Security Tracker: 1015000
Secunia Advisory ID: 17062 17148 17152 17215 17276 17288 17336 17483 17928 17930 18554 19832 20210 20222 20951 21252 21564
CVE ID: 2005-2933 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051201-01-U.asc ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc http://frontal1.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:189
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htm
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0081.html
Other Advisory URL: http://frontal1.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:194
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware- ......
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-861
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-10.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=313&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0055/
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2005:848 RHSA-2005:850 RHSA-2006:0276 RHSA-2006:0501 RHSA-2006:0549

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