Rule Category

PROTOCOL-IMAP -- Snort alerted on Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) traffic, an email retrieval system for clients over TCP/IP connection. This protocol handles emails on a remote server, so all actions are processed on that server rather than the user client. This protocol is vulnerable to injection, restriction and process evasions, leaks, relay abuse, and other attacks.

Alert Message

PROTOCOL-IMAP login literal buffer overflow attempt

Rule Explanation

Integer overflow in imapparse.c for Cyrus IMAP server 1.4 and 2.1.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large length value that facilitates a buffer overflow attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1347. Impact: CVSS base score 7.5 CVSS impact score 6.4 CVSS exploitability score 10.0 confidentialityImpact PARTIAL integrityImpact PARTIAL availabilityImpact PARTIAL Details: Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

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Known Usage

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False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Talos research team. This document was generated from data supplied by the national vulnerability database, a product of the national institute of standards and technology. For more information see [nvd].

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CVE

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CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2006-6424
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CVE-2002-1580
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CVE-2005-1758
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CVE-2007-0221
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CVE-2002-1347
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