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Vulnerability Assessment Details

MailEnable IMAP Service Remote Buffer Overflows

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for Remote Buffer Overflows in MailEnable's IMAP Service

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The target is running at least one instance of MailEnable's IMAP
service. Two flaws exist in MailEnable Professional Edition 1.52 and
earlier as well as MailEnable Enterprise Edition 1.01 and earlier - a
stack-based buffer overflow and an object pointer overwrite. A remote
attacker can use either vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the
target. More information is available at :

http://www.hat-squad.com/en/000102.html

Solution : Apply the IMAP hotfix dated 25 November 2004 and found at :

http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/default.asp

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 11755

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 George A. Theall

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