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Novell NetMail IMAP vulnerable to buffer overflow when processing "SUBSCRIBE" commands

Vulnerability Note VU#863313

Original Release Date: 2007-01-17 | Last Revised: 2007-01-31

Overview

A vulnerability in the way Novell Netmail handles IMAP SUBSCRIBE commands may cause a buffer overflow that may allow remote execution of arbitrary code.

Description

Novell Netmail's IMAP server contains a buffer overflow that may occur when processing parameters supplied to the SUBSCRIBE command. 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 3717068 for more details.

Vendor Information

863313
 

Novell, Inc. Affected

Updated:  January 15, 2007

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Refer to Novell document 3717068.

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Acknowledgements

This issue is addressed in Novell document 3717068. Novell credits Dennis Rand of CIRT.DK working with iDEFENSE for reporting this issue.

This document was written by Chris Taschner.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2006-6761
Severity Metric: 5.49
Date Public: 2006-12-23
Date First Published: 2007-01-17
Date Last Updated: 2007-01-31 20:28 UTC
Document Revision: 11

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