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Ipswitch IMail Server RCPT String Remote Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3738

Synopsis

The remote IMAP server is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running Ipswitch IMail Server, a commercial messaging and collaboration software product for Windows. According to its banner, the version of Ipswitch installed on the remote host has a buffer overflow issue in its SMTP server component. The details of the exploit are not currently known. An attacker exploiting this flaw would send a malformed SMTP command to the server. Successful exploitation would result in arbitrary code being executed.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

See Also

http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/im20061.asp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3738

Family: SMTP Servers

Published: 9/7/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 22314

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ipswitch:imail

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4379

BID: 19885