PT-2006-2168 · Qmail · Qmailadmin

Published 2006-03-10 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-1141

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 QmailAdmin versions prior to 1.2.10

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the qmailadmin.c file. This can be exploited by remote attackers who send a long PATH INFO environment variable, allowing them to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.10, update to version 1.2.10 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the qmailadmin.c file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-1141

Affected Products

Qmailadmin

References · 10

• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-15.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1141 · Security Note
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=6691&release_id=395211 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16994 · Patch
• http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/qmailadmin/qmailadmin/qmailadmin.c?r1=1.6.2.10&r2=1.6.2.11 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23019 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/23705 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19262 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0852 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25065 · Note