Title: Novell Netmail IMAP APPEND Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
Novell Netmail is a commercially available email and calendar system.
Novell Netmail is prone to a remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability. A malformed IMAP APPEND argument can trigger this issue. Specifically, the condition may arise when an IMAP APPEND command specifies a single '(' character as an argument.
A successful exploit could let an authenticated remote attacker crash the affected server.
Affected Products:
- Novell NetMail 3.52.0
- Novell NetMail 3.52.0 A
- Novell NetMail 3.52.0 B
- Novell NetMail 3.52.0 C
- Novell NetMail 3.52.0 C1
- Novell NetMail 3.52.0 D
References:
- Novell: Security Vulnerabilities: NetMail Buffer Overrun and Denial of Service
- US-CERT: Vulnerability Note VU#944273 Novell NetMail IMAP vulnerable to DoS when process
- iDEFENSE: Novell Netmail IMAP append Denial of Service Vulnerability
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