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IMAP.AUTHENTICATE.Buffer.Overflow

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This indicates an attack attempt against a buffer-overflow vulnerability in Novell's NetMail.
This vulnerability is a result of a stack overflow in Novell's NetMail IMAP AUTHENTICATE GSSAPI command. A remote attacker may exploit this to execute arbitrary code.

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Novell's NetMail prior to version 3.52d.

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System Compromise.

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Please refer to http://www.novell.com for the latest update.

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IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)
ID 14455
Created Apr 09, 2007
Updated Apr 23, 2014
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Affected OS Other
Affected App Other