[Full-disclosure] [MU-200603-01] MailEnable POP3 Pre-Authentication Buffer Overflow

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MailEnable POP3 Pre-Authentication Buffer Overflow [MU-200603-01]
March 20, 2006

http://labs.musecurity.com/advisories.html

Affected Product / Versions:

MailEnable Professional 1.7, 1.71, 1.72
MailEnable Standard 1.91, 1.92
MailEnable Enterprise 1.2
MailEnable 2.0 betas

Product Overview:

"MailEnable's mail server software provides a powerful, scalable
hosted messaging platform for Microsoft Windows. MailEnable offers
stability, unsurpassed flexibility and an extensive feature set which
allows you to provide cost-effective mail services."

Vulnerability Details:

A remote buffer overflow condition in MailEnable's POP3 service could
allow for arbitrary code execution. The vulnerable code can be
exercised remotely without authentication.

A second less critical bug was also reported and remedied. The bug
involved a cryptographic implementation mistake that weakened
authentication security.

Vendor Response / Solution:

Hotfix solution to this advisory:
http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/ME-10011.EXE

All hotfixes are available from:
http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix

All versions have been updated to include the hotfix:
http://www.mailenable.com/mailenablestandard.exe
http://www.mailenable.com/mailenableprof.exe
http://www.mailenable.com/mailenableent.exe

Mu Security would like to thank MailEnable in advance for timely
remediation of these vulnerabilities.

Credit:

This vulnerability was discovered by the Mu Security research team.

http://labs.musecurity.com/pgpkey.txt

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