Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-1792 - Unspecified vulnerability in Mailenable products

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
mailenable
nessus

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the POP service in MailEnable Standard Edition before 1.94, Professional Edition before 1.74, and Enterprise Edition before 1.22 has unknown attack vectors and impact related to "authentication exploits". NOTE: this is a different set of affected versions, and probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1337.

Nessus

NASL familyWindows
NASL idMAILENABLE_POP_APOP_OVERFLOW.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running MailEnable, a commercial mail server for Windows. The POP3 server bundled with the version of MailEnable on the remote host has a buffer overflow flaw involving the APOP command that can be exploited remotely by an unauthenticated attacker to crash the affected service and possibly to execute code remotely.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id21139
published2006-03-23
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/21139
titleMailEnable POP3 Server APOP Command Remote Buffer Overflow
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(21139);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-1792");

  script_name(english:"MailEnable POP3 Server APOP Command Remote Buffer Overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Tries to crash MailEnable POP3 Server");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote POP3 server is affected by a buffer overflow flaw." );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running MailEnable, a commercial mail server for
Windows. 

The POP3 server bundled with the version of MailEnable on the remote
host has a buffer overflow flaw involving the APOP command that can be
exploited remotely by an unauthenticated attacker to crash the
affected service and possibly to execute code remotely." );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mailenable.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9845" );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/default.aspx" );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Apply the ME-10012 hotfix or upgrade to MailEnable Standard Edition
1.94 / Professional Edition 1.74 / Enterprise Edition 1.22 or later." );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2006/03/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2006/03/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mailenable:mailenable");
  script_end_attributes();
 
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_family(english:"Windows");
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_dependencies("find_service_3digits.nasl", "doublecheck_std_services.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/pop3", 110);

  exit(0);
}


include("pop3_func.inc");


port = get_kb_item("Services/pop3");
if (!port) port = 110;
if (!get_port_state(port)) exit(0);


# Make sure banner's from MailEnable.
banner = get_pop3_banner(port:port);
if (!banner || "MailEnable POP3 Server" >!< banner) exit(0);


# Establish a connection
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if (!soc) exit(0);


# Make sure APOP is enabled.
s = recv_line(socket:soc, length:1024);
if (strlen(s) && egrep(pattern:"^\+OK .+ MailEnable POP3 Server <.+>", string:s))
{
  # Send a long APOP command - the fix limits the length of the name to 0x4f 
  # so see what happens if we exceed it.
  c = raw_string("APOP ", crap(0x50), " 056924d6c559cca2c64c2a38b030a588\r\n");
  send(socket:soc, data:c);
  s = recv_line(socket:soc, length:1024);

  # Patched / newer versions report "-ERR Bad argument".
  if ("-ERR Unable to log on" >< s) security_hole(port);
}
close(soc);