Description
Buffer overflow in Ipswitch IMail Service 5.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long URL.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Ipswitch IMail 5.0/6.0 - Web Service Buffer Overflow (Denial of Service) (PoC) EDB-19380 · dos · Mar 1, 1999 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- imail-websvc-overflow(1898) vdb-entry
- 505 vdb-entry
- 19990302 Multiple IMail Vulnerabilites mailing-list