Title : Novell NetMail IMAP Requests Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2494 CVE ID : CVE-2005-3314
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-11-18
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Novell NetMail, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the IMAP daemon that does not properly handle overly long arguments, which could be exploited by remote authenticated attackers to compromise a vulnerable server and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the IMAP process.