PT-2002-2079 · Mercury · Mercur Mailserver

Published 2002-08-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-1073

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: MERCUR Mailserver version 4.2

Description: The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the control service, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a long password.

Recommendations: For MERCUR Mailserver version 4.2, consider restricting access to the control service until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, limit the length of passwords to prevent exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1073

Affected Products

Mercur Mailserver

References · 5

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/5261 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21626 · Exploit
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/9618.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1073 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0195.html · Note