Short Name |
APP:MERCURY-PH-BO |
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Severity |
Minor |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
APP |
Keywords |
Mercury PH Server Module Buffer Overflow |
Release Date |
2010/03/30 |
Update Number |
1643 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Mercury PH Server Module. Attackers can execute arbitrary machine code with SYSTEM privileges in the context of the affected server process.
Mercury Mail is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability in its mailbox name service. This issue occurs because the application fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input before copying it to a finite-sized memory buffer. Exploiting this vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code with SYSTEM privileges in the context of the affected server process. Mercury Mail 4.01b is affected; other versions may also be affected.