CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-1283

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The webmail interface for Ipswitch IMail 7.04 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a mailbox name that contains a large number of dots or other characters, potentially leading to a buffer overflow and arbitrary code execution.

Risk Assessment

The organization may experience service outages in email services, which could lead to data loss and user trust issues.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of Ipswitch IMail to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor logs for potential attack attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The webmail interface for Ipswitch IMail 7.04 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a mailbox name that contains a large number of . (dot) or other characters to programs such as (1) readmail.cgi or (2) printmail.cgi, possibly due to a buffer overflow that may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS