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Cyrus IMAP pre-login buffer overflow
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Gain a shell remotely
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Mitigation
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
According to its banner, the remote Cyrus IMAP server is vulnerable to a pre-login buffer overrun.
Solution
Solution
If possible, upgrade to an unaffected version. However, at the time of writing no official fix was available. There is a source patch against 2.1.10 in the referenced Bugtraq report.