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>> Perdition IMAP Daemon "str_vwrite()" Remote Format String Vulnerability

Title : Perdition IMAP Daemon "str_vwrite()" Remote Format String Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3677
CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
CWE ID : VUPEN VNS Only
CVSS V2 : VUPEN VNS Only
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-11-01


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A vulnerability has been identified in Perdition, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a format string error in the "str_vwrite()" [str.c] function when processing specially crafted IMAP commands, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code.

Affected Products

Perdition version 1.17 and prior

Solution

Upgrade to Perdition version 1.17.1 :
http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/download/1.17.1/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3677
http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20071031_perdition-imapd-fmtstr.txt

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Bernhard Mueller (SEC Consult).

ChangeLog

2007-11-01 : Initial release

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