Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Novell Netmail, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within WEBADMIN.EXE when performing HTTP Basic authentication. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet with an overly long (greater than 213 bytes) username string sent to default port 89/TCP.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 3.5.2. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution: Apply NetMail 3.52E Update.
Provided and/or discovered by: Discovered by an anonymous researcher and reported via ZDI.
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