Rule

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Sid
21609

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in surgemail.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
Format string vulnerability in webmail.exe in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4 and earlier and beta 39a, and WebMail 3.1s and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the page parameter.

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Affected Systems:
netwin surgemail 1.8a
netwin surgemail 1.8b3
netwin surgemail 1.8d
netwin surgemail 1.8e
netwin surgemail 1.8g3
netwin surgemail 1.9
netwin surgemail 1.9b2
netwin surgemail 2.0a2
netwin surgemail 2.0c
netwin surgemail 2.0e
netwin surgemail 2.0g2
netwin surgemail 2.1a
netwin surgemail 2.1c7
netwin surgemail 2.2a6
netwin surgemail 2.2c10
netwin surgemail 2.2c9
netwin surgemail 2.2g2
netwin surgemail 2.2g3
netwin surgemail 3.0a
netwin surgemail 3.0c2
netwin surgemail 3.8f3
netwin surgemail 38k4
netwin surgemail 39a
netwin surgemail Beta 39a

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Attack Scenarios:
Format string vulnerabilities can be very simple to attack. Any program that reads a format string as an input parameter can be exploited if the argument can be controlled by the attacker.

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Ease of Attack:
Medium.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2008-1055:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-1055
 
Common Weakness Enumeration:
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/134.html
 
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