PT-2001-2412 · Ipswitch · Ipswitch Imail

Published 2001-10-12 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2001-1285

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Ipswitch IMail versions 7.04 and earlier

Description: A directory traversal issue exists, allowing remote attackers to access other users' mailboxes by utilizing a .. (dot dot) in the mbx parameter of the readmail.cgi script.

Recommendations: For Ipswitch IMail versions 7.04 and earlier, consider restricting access to the readmail.cgi script until a fix is available, and avoid using the mbx parameter with untrusted input.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1285

Affected Products

Ipswitch Imail

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1285 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0082.html · Note
• http://ipswitch.com/Support/IMail/news.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3432 · Note