Plugin ID | 314 |
Plugin name | Mercury Mail up to 4.01 IMAP buffer overflow |
Plugin filename | Mercury Mail up to 4.01 IMAP buffer overflow.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 2489 bytes |
Plugin family | SMTP |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc.ruef at computec.ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2005/01/05 |
Plugin version | 1.0 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 143 |
Plugin procedure detection | open|sleep|close|pattern_exists * OK*IMAP4rev1 Mercury/32 v[0-3].*server ready.* OR OK*IMAP4rev1 Mercury/32 v4.0[0-1]*server ready.* |
Plugin detection accuracy | 80 |
Plugin comment | The NASL script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security |
Bug affected | Mercury Mail up to 4.01 |
Bug vulnerability class | Buffer Overflow |
Bug description | The remote host is running Mercury Mail server, an IMAP server for Windows operating systems. It is reported that versions up to and including 4.01 are prone to stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities. An authenticated attacker may execute arbitrary code on the remote server. The attacker needs to authenticate in order to exploit these vulnerabilities against the IMAP server. |
Bug solution | No solution at this time. |
Bug fixing time | Approx. 1 hour |
Bug exploit availability | Maybe |
Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11775/exploit/ |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | High |
Bug popularity | 7 |
Bug simplicity | 6 |
Bug impact | 9 |
Bug risk | 7 |
Bug Nessus risk | High |
Bug check tools | Nessus can check this flaw with the plugin 15867 (Mercury Mail Remote IMAP Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability). |
Source SecurityFocus BID | 11775 |
Source Nessus ID | 15867 |
Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
Source Misc. | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11788/ |