NJStar Communicator MiniSmtp packet processing buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview

NJStar Communicator MiniSmtp server contains a buffer overflow vulnerability when processing malicious packets.

Description

According to the NJStar’s website, “NJStar Communicator enables Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) language input, display, print and conversions on your English or other western Windows.” NJStar Communicator contains a MiniSmtp server which listens on tcp/25. This MiniSmtp server contains a vulnerability caused by a boundary error when processing malicious packets. Note this server is not enabled by default.

NJStar Communicator MiniSmtp version 3.0.11818 is reported to be affected. Other versions may also be affected. Exploit code has been released publicly.

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Impact

An attacker with network access to the NJStar Communicator MiniSmtp server could access the system with administrative privileges and potentially compromise the underlying host.

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Solution

We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.

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Restrict access

Restrict access to the NJStar Communicator MiniSmtp server to trusted users and networks.

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Vendor Information

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NJStar Software Pty Ltd. Affected

Updated: November 09, 2011

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

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References

<http://www.njstar.com/cms/njstar-communicator&gt;

Acknowledgements

This vulnerability was discovered by Dillon Beresford.

This document was written by Michael Orlando.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2011-4040
Severity Metric:	20.85 Date Public: