CVE-2005-1256

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iDEFENSE Security Advisory 2005-05-24.1

Posted Aug 14, 2005

Authored by iDefense Labs | Site idefense.com

iDEFENSE Security Advisory 05.24.05-1 - Remote exploitation of a buffer overflow vulnerability in Ipswitch Inc.'s Imail 8.13 IMAP server allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with System privileges. The vulnerability specifically exists in the handling of a long mailbox name to the STATUS command. A long mailbox name argument will cause a stack based buffer overflow, providing the attacker with full control over the saved return address on the stack.

tags | advisory, remote, overflow, arbitrary, imap

advisories | CVE-2005-1256

SHA-256 | b52c4eafcf24128417eb48204d02e859bd572c5f3adf53efcaf617cddcf64290

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