IMAP: Cyrus Fetch Command Buffer Overflow

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against the Cyrus IMAP server. Attackers can use a malformed command to overflow a buffer and take control of the server.

Extended Description

Several remote buffer overflow and heap corruption vulnerabilities in versions of Cyrus IMAPD up to 2.2.8 have been identified. These vulnerabilities reportedly allow remote, attacker-supplied machine code to be executed in the context of the affected server process. Cyrus-IMAPD is usually running as a non-privileged user.

Affected Products

Apple mac_os_x

References

BugTraq: 11729

CVE: CVE-2004-1013

Short Name
IMAP:CYRUS:FETCH-CMD
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
IMAP
Keywords
Buffer CVE-2004-1013 Command Cyrus Fetch Overflow bid:11729
Release Date
12/02/2004
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3375
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Red_hat

Conectiva

Apple

Trustix

Openpkg

Carnegie_mellon_university

Ubuntu

CVSS Score

10.0

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