[NT] MailEnable POP Service "PASS" Command Buffer Overflow

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  MailEnable POP Service "PASS" Command Buffer Overflow
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SUMMARY

" <http://mailenable.com/> 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". 
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in MailEnable, which can 
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
 * MailEnable Enterprise Edition version 2.35
 * MailEnable Professional Edition version 2.35

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the POP service 
when handling arguments passed to the "PASS" command. This can be 
exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by passing an overly 
long, specially crafted string as argument to the affected command.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

Solution:
Apply hotfix:  <http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/ME-10026.EXE> 
http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/ME-10026.EXE

Time Table:
18/12/2006 - Vendor notified.
18/12/2006 - Vendor response and hotfix released.
18/12/2006 - Public disclosure.

CVE Information:
 <http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6605> 
CVE-2006-6605


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by  <mailto:[email protected]> Secunia 
Research.
The original article can be found at:  
<http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-75/> 
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-75/



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