TITLE:
GFI MailSecurity HTTP Management Interface Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17136

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17136/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/4473/

DESCRIPTION:
Gary O'leary-Steele has reported a vulnerability in GFI MailSecurity,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerability system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the HTTP
management interface of the Web module. This can be exploited to
cause a buffer overflow and may allow arbitrary code execution via an
overly long header line in the HTTP request.

The vulnerability has been reported in GFI MailSecurity for
Exchange/SMTP version 8.1.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch.
ftp://ftp.gfi.com/patches/MSEC8_PATCH_20050919_01.zip

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Gary O'leary-Steele, Sec-1.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GFI:
http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID002451

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