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Date: 2nd October 2006
Risk: High

A vulnerability recently found in multiple versions of IMail Server can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the SMTP service when processing certain strings. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by supplying an overly long string containing '@' and ':' characters. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is known to exist in the following versions - IMail, IMail Plus, IMail Secure, Ipswitch Collaboration 2006 Suite Premium Edition and Ipswitch Collaboration 2006 Suite Standard Edition.

To resolve the issue, users should update to version 2006.1.

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