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MailEnable IMAP Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA23047
Release Date: 2006-11-23
Last Update: 2006-11-24
Popularity: 8,789 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:MailEnable Enterprise Edition 1.x
MailEnable Enterprise Edition 2.x
MailEnable Professional 1.x
MailEnable Professional 2.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in MailEnable, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the IMAP service. This can be exploited to crash the service or cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted command.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in the following versions:
* 1.6-1.82 Professional Edition
* 1.1-1.30 Enterprise Edition
* 2.0-2.32 Professional Edition
* 2.0-2.32 Enterprise Edition

Solution:
Apply hotfix:
http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/ME-10018.ZIP

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2006-11-24: Changed version information for Professional Edition.


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