Overview
A vulnerability in the way Novell Netmail handles IMAP command continuation requests may cause a buffer overflow that may allow remote execution of arbitrary code.
Description
Novell Netmail's IMAP server, imapd.exe, fails to properly check user input. A buffer overflow may occur when processing parameters supplied when specifying command continuation requests. An attacker must login to an affected system in order to take advantage of this vulnerability. |
Impact
A remote, authenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. |
Solution
Update Novell has released an update to address this issue. See Novell document 3096026 for more details. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This issue is addressed in Novell document 3096026. Novell credits an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.
This document was written by Chris Taschner.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-6424 |
| Severity Metric: | 5.49 |
| Date Public: | 2006-12-23 |
| Date First Published: | 2007-01-18 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2007-01-18 13:42 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 12 |