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CVE-2001-1283

The webmail interface for Ipswitch IMail 7.04 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service

The webmail interface for Ipswitch IMail 7.04 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a mailbox name that contains a large number of . (dot) or other characters to programs such as (1) readmail.cgi or (2) printmail.cgi, possibly due to a buffer overflow that may allow execution of arbitrary code.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00347
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
ipswitch imailall versions
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

2
snort-communitySERVER-WEBAPP Ipswitch IMail readmail.cgi accessweb-application-activity
snort-communitySERVER-WEBAPP Ipswitch IMail printmail.cgi accessweb-application-activity
Open rulesets (ET Open, Snort Community, abuse.ch) link to source. Commercial rulesets are reference-only.
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD12 Oct 2001 · 04:00 AM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0082.html
http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/IMail/news.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3427
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