CVE-2004-0297 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) daemon (iLDAP.exe 3.9.15.10) in Ipswitch IMail Server 8.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via an LDAP message with a large tag length.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 62.3% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:8.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:8.0.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.62297.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=74
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im805HF2.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972334
http://www.osvdb.org/3984
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9682
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15243

History

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Subscriptions

Ipswitch Imail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:10:03.916Z

Reserved: 2004-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0297

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-11-23T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0297

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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