Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-5466 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Extremail
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in eXtremail 2.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to (1) have an unknown impact by sending multiple long strings to the IMAP port (143/tcp); (2) execute arbitrary code via a long string in an IMAP AUTHENTICATE PLAIN action, involving the ifParseAuthPlain function; (3) execute arbitrary code via a long LOGIN command to the admin interface port (4501/tcp); or (4) execute arbitrary code via a long string in an IMAP AUTHENTICATE LOGIN (aka CRAM-MD5 authentication) action, involving the ifProcImapAuth1 function.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Exploit-Db
description eXtremail <= 2.1.1 (LOGIN) Remote Stack Overflow Exploit. CVE-2007-5466,CVE-2007-5467. Remote exploit for linux platform file exploits/linux/remote/4533.c id EDB-ID:4533 last seen 2016-01-31 modified 2007-10-15 platform linux port 4501 published 2007-10-15 reporter mu-b source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/4533/ title eXtremail <= 2.1.1 LOGIN Remote Stack Overflow Exploit type remote description eXtremail <= 2.1.1 Remote Heap Overflow PoC. CVE-2007-5466,CVE-2007-5467. Dos exploit for linux platform file exploits/linux/dos/4535.pl id EDB-ID:4535 last seen 2016-01-31 modified 2007-10-15 platform linux port published 2007-10-15 reporter mu-b source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/4535/ title eXtremail <= 2.1.1 - Remote Heap Overflow PoC type dos description eXtremail <= 2.1.1 PLAIN authentication Remote Stack Overflow Exploit. CVE-2007-5466,CVE-2007-5467. Remote exploit for linux platform file exploits/linux/remote/4534.c id EDB-ID:4534 last seen 2016-01-31 modified 2007-10-15 platform linux port 143 published 2007-10-15 reporter mu-b source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/4534/ title eXtremail <= 2.1.1 PLAIN authentication Remote Stack Overflow Exploit type remote
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27220
- http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/extremail-v4.c
- http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/extremail-v5.c
- http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/extremail-v6.c
- http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/extremail-v8.pl
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482293
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26074
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37209
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4533
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4534
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4535