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Secunia Research: MailEnable IMAP Service Two Vulnerabilities



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                     Secunia Research 30/11/2006

           - MailEnable IMAP Service Two Vulnerabilities -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10

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1) Affected Software 

MailEnable Professional Edition Version 2.32.

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity 

Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: System Access
        Denial of Service
Where:  From Remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"MailEnable's mail server software provides a powerful, scalable
hosted messaging platform for Microsoft Windows. MailEnable? offers
stability, unsurpassed flexibility and an extensive feature set which
allows you to provide cost-effective mail services."

Product Link:
http://www.mailenable.com/default.asp

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered two vulnerabilities in MailEnable,
which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of
service) or compromise a vulnerable system.

1) A boundary error in the handling of arguments passed to the EXAMINE
and SELECT commands within the IMAP service (MEIMAPS.EXE) can be
exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long
argument.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

2) An input validation error in the handling of arguments passed to
the DELETE command within the IMAP service (MEIMAPS.EXE) can be
exploited to cause a stack overflow and crash the service by sending
an overly long argument consisting of "*" or "?" characters.

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5) Solution 

Apply hotfix ME-10020:
http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/ME-10020.ZIP

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6) Time Table 

27/11/2006 - Vendor notified.
30/11/2006 - Vendor response with hotfix information.
30/11/2006 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits 

Discovered by JJ Reyes, Secunia Research.

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8) References

N/A

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10) Verification 

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-71/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
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