CVE-2008-1054 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via stack-based buffer overflow in SurgeMail webmail CGI executables.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-1054?
CVE-2008-1054 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Feb 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _lib_spawn_user_getpid function in (1) swatch.exe and (2) surgemail.exe in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4 and earlier, and beta 39a, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with multiple long headers to webmail.exe and unspecified other CGI executables, which triggers an overflow when assigning values to environment variables. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1054?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Netwin Surgemail.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1054?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1054 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2008-1054 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1054 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2rrp-7c8v-xf6v.