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Vulnerability Assessment Details

MailEnable IMAP Service Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10021)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks version of MailEnable's MEIMAPS.exe

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote IMAP server is affected by multiple buffer overflow
vulnerabilities.

Description :

The IMAP server bundled with the version of MailEnable installed on
the remote host reportedly fails to handle malicious arguments to the
'EXAMINE', 'SELECT', and 'DELETE' commands. An authenticated remote
attacker may be able to exploit these issues to crash the affected
service or to execute arbitrary code with LOCAL SYSTEM rights.

See also :

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-71/advisory/
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-11/0535.html
http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/

Solution :

Apply Hotfix ME-10021.

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 6.0
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:R/C:C/I:C/A:C/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 21362

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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