DST2K0011: DoS & BufferOverrun in CMail v2.4.7 WebMail

[securityteam () DELPHISPLC COM (Security Team)]

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>                                      Security Team Advisories
>                                   [05/06/2000]
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> Adv   :       DST2K0011
> Title :       DoS & BufferOverrun in CMail v2.4.7 WebMail
> Author        :       DCIST (securityteam () delphisplc com)
> O/S   :       Microsoft Windows NT v4.0 Workstation (SP6)
> Product       :       CMail v2.4.7
> Date  :       05/06/2000
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> I.    Description
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> II.   Solution
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> III.  Disclaimer
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> I. Description
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> Vendor URL: http://www.computalynx.net/
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> Delphis Consulting Internet Security Team (DCIST) discovered the following
> vulnerabilities in the CMail Server under Windows NT.
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> Severity: med
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> The web interface of CMail which resides by default on port 8002 can be
> used
> to consume 95% of CPU time in two locations. By default the New user
> creation
> option is disabled even though this is the case it is possible to enter
> long
> username of 196k which will cause the CMail process to site at 91 - 95%
> CPU
> time. This is only temporary as the process seems to release the CPU after
> as of yet undefined amount of time.
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> Severity: high
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> The web server which drives the web interface of CMail it is possible to
> cause
> a Buffer overrun in NTDLL.DLL overwriting the EIP allowing the execution
> of
> arbitry code. This is done be connecting to port 8002 which the service
> resides
> on by default and sending a large GET string. The string has to be a
> length of
> 428 + EIP (4 bytes) making a total of 432 bytes.
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> It should be noted that NTDLL is authored by ComputaLynx and not
> Mircosoft.
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> II. Solution
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> Vendor Status: Informed
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> Currently there is no known solution to the problem.
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> III. Disclaimer
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