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CVE-2001-1355: Netwin Dmail: Buffer overflow
CVE-2001-1355 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Netwin Dmail. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
Buffer overflows in NetWin Authentication Module (NWAuth) 3.0b and earlier, as implemented in DMail, SurgeFTP, and possibly other packages, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to (1) the -del command or (2) the -lookup command.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
- Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
- Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
- Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
- Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
- Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.
Affected products
- Netwin Dmail: 2.5d; 2.7; 2.7q; 2.7r; 2.8e; 2.8f; 2.8g; 2.8h; 2.8i
- Netwin Surgeftp: 1.0b; 2.0a; 2.0b