CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1211

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP service in Mercury/32 4.01a allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) EXAMINE, (2) SUBSCRIBE, (3) STATUS, (4) APPEND, (5) CHECK, (6) CLOSE, (7) EXPUNGE, (8) FETCH, (9) RENAME, (10) DELETE, (11) LIST, (12) SEARCH, (13) CREATE, or (14) UNSUBSCRIBE commands.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes potential disruption of the email service and possible takeover of the server by an attacker, leading to data leakage or further attacks.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade Mercury/32 to a version newer than 4.01a that includes fixes for these vulnerabilities. If an upgrade is not possible, restrict access to the IMAP service to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP service in Mercury/32 4.01a allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) EXAMINE, (2) SUBSCRIBE, (3) STATUS, (4) APPEND, (5) CHECK, (6) CLOSE, (7) EXPUNGE, (8) FETCH, (9) RENAME, (10) DELETE, (11) LIST, (12) SEARCH, (13) CREATE, or (14) UNSUBSCRIBE commands.

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