Overview
A vulnerability in the way Novell Netmail handles IMAP APPEND commands may allow a denial of service.
Description
Novell Netmail's IMAP server contains a buffer overflow that may occur when processing parameters supplied to the APPEND 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 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
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CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
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-2006-6762 |
| Severity Metric: | 2.19 |
| Date Public: | 2006-12-23 |
| Date First Published: | 2007-01-17 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2007-01-23 15:55 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 13 |