Check Point Advisories

Preemptive Protection against Ipswitch IMail Server IMAP SEARCH Command Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2007-090
Date Published:	31 Jul 2007
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 03 August, 2008
Source:	Secunia Advisory: SA26123
Industry Reference:	CVE-2007-2795
Protection Provided by:
Who is Vulnerable?	Ipswitch IMail 2006 prior to 2006.21 Ipswitch IMail Plus 2006 prior to 2006.21 Ipswitch IMail Premium 2006 prior to 2006.21
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Ipswitch IMail Server IMAP component. Ipswitch IMail server is a messaging service suite that supports numerous mail exchanging protocols, including the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP). IMAP is a standard protocol for accessing e-mail from a local server that provides management of received messages on a remote server. Several mail servers contain buffer overflow errors in the way they handle commands. A remote attacker can exploit this issue to trigger a buffer overflow which may lead to an application crash and to arbitrary code execution.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to a boundary error when processing malformed IMAP SEARCH commands. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw via a specially crafted SEARCH command. Successful exploitation may allow an attacker to create a denial of service condition or execute arbitrary code on an affected system.