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UW IMAP Mailbox Name Buffer Overflow

Article ID: 19938
Last updated: 27 Jan, 2009
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Posted: 22 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.
Updated: 27 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.

UW IMAP Mailbox Name Buffer Overflow

This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Tenable Network Security

FamilyGain a shell remotely
Plugin ID19938
Bugtraq ID15009
CVE IDCVE-2005-2933

Description:

Synopsis :

The remote IMAP server is prone to a buffer overflow.

Description :

The remote host appears to be running a version of the University of
Washingtons IMAP daemon that is prone to a buffer overflow
vulnerability involving long mailbox names that begin with a
double-quote character. An authenticated attacker may be able to
exploit this to execute arbitrary code subject to the privileges of
the user.

See also :

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=313&type=vulnerabilities

Solution :

Upgrade to UW IMAP imap-2004g or later.

Risk factor :

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 6.5
(CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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