Rockliffe MailSite Management Agent wconsole.dll GET Request Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 10421

Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by a buffer overflow issue.

Description

The version of Rockliffe MailSite installed on the remote host is prone to a buffer overflow attack that can be triggered by a request like :

GET /cgi-bin/wconsole.dll?AAAA....AAAA This may be of some use to an attacker to run arbitrary code on this system and/or crash it.

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.2.2 of this software.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 10421

File Name: rockliffe_mailsite_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.29

Type: remote

Published: 5/25/2000

Updated: 7/30/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2000

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2000-0398

BID: 1244