PT-2007-3514 · Courier · Courier-Imap

Published 2007-04-24 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-2173

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Courier-IMAP versions 4.0.6-r2 and earlier, 4.1.x versions prior to 4.1.2-r1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the XMAILDIR variable, related to the LOGINRUN variable. This is an eval injection vulnerability in the courier-imapd.indirect and courier-pop3d.indirect components of Courier-IMAP.

Recommendations For versions 4.0.6-r2 and earlier, update to version 4.0.6-r2 or later. For 4.1.x versions prior to 4.1.2-r1, update to version 4.1.2-r1 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the XMAILDIR variable until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-2173

Affected Products

Courier-Imap

References · 7

• http://secunia.com/advisories/24963 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-18.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2173 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33805 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/23589 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/35274 · Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168196 · Note