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Perdition IMAP Server Format String Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA27458
Release Date: 2007-10-31
Last Update: 2007-11-02
Popularity: 5,009 views

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

Software:Perdition 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Bernhard Mueller has reported a vulnerability in Perdition, 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 the Perdition IMAP server incorrectly checking for malicious format string specifiers contained within IMAP requests. This can be exploited to bypass the format string check by inserting a zero byte in an IMAP request.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.17.1.

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