CVE-2006-6424

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (1) by appending literals to certain IMAP verbs when specifying command continuation requests to IMAPD, resulting in a heap overflow; and (2) via crafted arguments to the STOR command to the Network Messaging Application Protocol (NMAP) daemon, resulting in a stack overflow.

9.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 59.81% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory cirt.dk Vendor Advisory zerodayinitiative.com Vendor Advisory zerodayinitiative.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/381161	third party advisory us government resource
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/134/3096026_f.SAL_Public.html	patch
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2081	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21725	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455201/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5134	vdb entry
http://www.cirt.dk/advisories/cirt-48-advisory.txt	patch vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017437	vdb entry patch
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-053.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-052.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21724	vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912505	third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/23437	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455202/100/0/threaded	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6424?: CVE-2006-6424 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-6424?: To fix CVE-2006-6424, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-6424 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-6424 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~60% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.