Overview
The Ipswitch IMail Server is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.
Description
According to Ipswitch Security Advisory 20061101: A vulnerability that allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code within the SMTP daemon was recently discovered. Because of compiler options used to prevent buffer overflow exploitation, arbitrary code execution does not work in 8.2x or 2006, but the exploit can be used to create a Denial of Service condition. Versions 8.1x and lower are vulnerable to the arbitrary code execution and versions prior to 8.1x may also be vulnerable. |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition. |
Solution
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Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This issue was reported in Ipswitch Security Advisory 20061101. Ipswitch credits the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), an initiative launched by TippingPoint, a division of 3Com for reporting this issue.
This document was written by Chris Taschner.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-4379 |
| Severity Metric: | 12.86 |
| Date Public: | 2006-09-07 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-12-07 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-12-07 18:14 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 9 |