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CVE-2005-1256

Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP daemon (IMAPD32.EXE) in IMail 8.13 in Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS), and ot

Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP daemon (IMAPD32.EXE) in IMail 8.13 in Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS), and other versions before IMail Server 8.2 Hotfix 2, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a STATUS command with a long mailbox name.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.74879
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

3
ipswitch imailall versions
ipswitch imail server<= 8.2_hotfix_2
ipswitch collaboration suiteall versions
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

2
et-openGPL IMAP status overflow attemptmisc-attack
snort-communityPROTOCOL-IMAP STATUS overflow attemptmisc-attack
Open rulesets (ET Open, Snort Community, abuse.ch) link to source. Commercial rulesets are reference-only.
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Scoring & Timeline

10
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD25 May 2005 · 04:00 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014047
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=244&type=vulnerabilitiesVendor Advisory
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im82hf2.htmlPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13727
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