PT-2006-1899 · Truenorth · Truenorth Internet Anywhere (Ia) Emailserver

Published 2006-02-23 · Updated 2018-10-18 · CVE-2006-0853

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions TrueNorth Internet Anywhere (IA) eMailserver version 5.3.4

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the IMAP service, which can be triggered by a long SEARCH argument. This can cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, and potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code. The attack requires remote authenticated users.

Recommendations For version 5.3.4, consider restricting access to the IMAP service until a fix is available, and avoid using long SEARCH arguments to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0853

Affected Products

Truenorth Internet Anywhere (Ia) Emailserver

References · 8

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0853 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/425586/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015664 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24812 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/23377 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16744 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0686 · Note