[NEWS] Novell NetMail Multiple Vulnerabilities (Buffer Overflow and XSS)

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Novell NetMail Multiple Vulnerabilities (Buffer Overflow and XSS)
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SUMMARY

Novell <http://www.novell.com/products/netmail/> NetMail is an e-mail and
calendaring system that is based on Internet-standard messaging and
security protocols.

Remote exploitation of a buffer overflows in Novell's NetMail allows
unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the underlying user. Lack of proper validation of user input allows
attackers to perform XSS and steal information from the users.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
* Novell NetMail version 3.5.2

IMAPD Command Continuation Request Buffer Overflow:
The problem specifically exists in the handling of command continuation
requests as the user-specified size value is used directly as the argument
to a custom memory allocation wrapper (MMalloc()):

00402CA2 lea ecx, [ebx+1] ; ebx is attacker controlled
00402CA5 push ecx
00402CA6 call MMmalloc

The MMalloc() routine performs minimal mathematical operations to the
supplied value before allocating memory. An attacker can specify a
malicious number that will result in an integer overflow and cause a small
memory chunk to be allocated. The original and larger supplied value will
be later used in an inline memcpy():

00402D6E rep movsd ; destination is attacker allocated
00402D70 mov ecx, edx
00402D72 and ecx, 3
00402D75 rep movsb

This instruction sequence will copy attacker-supplied data beyond the
brims of the allocated heap chunk and arbitrarily overwrite the heap.
Too large a payload will cause an access violation as it writes off the
end of the heap. If the supplied data is large enough, it will corrupt the
heap and eventually result in a classic arbitrary DWORD overwrite in NTDLL
during subsequent heap manipulation:

77FCC2C0 mov [ecx], eax
77FCC2C2 mov [eax+4], ecx

By overwriting the address of a soon to be called function, the attacker
can redirect CPU flow and eventually execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the described vulnerability allows
unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the underlying user, normally NetMailService.

WebAccess Cross-Site Scripting:
When a user opens an appointment containing valid formatted script in the
body of the message, the browser interprets and executes that script. The
script could do perform malicious actions on the user's authenticated
connection. This exploit is available to any client that sends an ical
object to a NetMail user.

WebAccess Buffer Overflow:
Specifying a very large name on folder rename through the WebAccess or
WebMail client causes a buffer Overflow that allow attackers to execute
arbitrary code.

Vendor Status:
The vendor has issued a fix for the vulnerability:
<http://support.novell.com/filefinder/19357/index.html>
http://support.novell.com/filefinder/19357/index.html

CVE Information:
<http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1756>
CAN-2005-1756
<http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1757>
CAN-2005-1757
<http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1758>
CAN-2005-1758

Disclosure Timeline:
04/25/2005 - Initial vendor notification
04/25/2005 - Initial vendor response
09/01/2005 - Public disclosure

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by
<mailto:idlabs-advisories@lists.idefense.com> iDEFENSE Labs Security
Advisories,
Novell.
The original article can be found at:
<http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=301&type=vulnerabilities> http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=301&type=vulnerabilities
The vendor advisory can be found at:
<http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10097957.htm>
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10097957.htm

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