Signature Detail
Short Name |
APP:MERCURY-PH-BO |
|---|---|
Severity |
Medium |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
APP |
Keywords |
Mercury PH Server Module Buffer Overflow |
Release Date |
2010/03/30 |
Update Number |
1643 |
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 PH Server Module Buffer Overflow
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Mercury PH Server Module. Attackers can execute arbitrary machine code with SYSTEM privileges in the context of the affected server process.
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
- BugTraq: 16396
- CVE: CVE-2005-4411