Signature Detail
Short Name |
APP:MERCURY-BOF |
|---|---|
Severity |
High |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
APP |
Keywords |
Mercury Mail Transport System Buffer Overflow |
Release Date |
2006/03/15 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-9.4+, srx-9.2+, srx-branch-9.4+, vsrx-12.1+ |
APP: Mercury Mail Transport System Buffer Overflow
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in the Mercury Mail Transport System product. The vulnerability is created by the lack of proper enforcement of maximum allowable length of user supplied data. A malicious unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability, which can result in a stack buffer overflow leading to arbitrary code execution on the target host.
Extended Description
Mercury Mail is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability in its mailbox name service. This issue occurs because the application fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input before copying it to a finite-sized memory buffer. Exploiting this vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code with SYSTEM privileges in the context of the affected server process. Mercury Mail 4.01b is affected; other versions may also be affected.
Affected Products
- David Harris Mercury (win32 version) 4.0.0 1a
- David Harris Mercury (win32 version) 4.0.0 1b
References