Mercury Mail up to 4.01 IMAP buffer overflow 1.0
 
Plugin ID314
Plugin nameMercury Mail up to 4.01 IMAP buffer overflow
Plugin filenameMercury Mail up to 4.01 IMAP buffer overflow.plugin
Plugin filesize2489 bytes
Plugin familySMTP
Plugin created nameMarc Ruef
Plugin created emailmarc.ruef at computec.ch
Plugin created webhttp://www.computec.ch
Plugin created companycomputec.ch
Plugin created date2005/01/05
Plugin version1.0
Plugin protocoltcp
Plugin port143
Plugin procedure detectionopen|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 accuracy80
Plugin commentThe NASL script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security
Bug affectedMercury Mail up to 4.01
Bug vulnerability classBuffer Overflow
Bug descriptionThe 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 solutionNo solution at this time.
Bug fixing timeApprox. 1 hour
Bug exploit availabilityMaybe
Bug exploit urlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11775/exploit/
Bug remoteYes
Bug localYes
Bug severityHigh
Bug popularity7
Bug simplicity6
Bug impact9
Bug risk7
Bug Nessus riskHigh
Bug check toolsNessus can check this flaw with the plugin 15867 (Mercury Mail Remote IMAP Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).
Source SecurityFocus BID11775
Source Nessus ID15867
Source LiteratureHacking 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/

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