Vulnerability in Novell Netmail
CVE-2006-6424
Multiple buffer overflows in Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (1) by appending literals to certain IMAP verbs when specifying command continuation requests to IMAPD, resulting in a heap overflow; and (2) via crafted arguments to the STOR command to the Network Messaging Application Protocol (NMAP) daemon, resulting in a stack overflow.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.603 (99.1th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.595 · newest: 0.603 · change: +0.008
Affected products
- Novell Netmail — versions 3.0.1, 3.0.3a, 3.1
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/381161 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/134/3096026_f.SAL_Public.ht… (Patch)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2081 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21725 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455201/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5134 (vdb-entry)
- www.cirt.dk/advisories/cirt-48-advisory.txt (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-053.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-052.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-6424?
- CVE-2006-6424 is a vulnerability in Novell Netmail. Published 2006-12-27.
- Is CVE-2006-6424 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.