COMMAND
NTMail
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
NTMail V6.0.3c for Windows NT/2000
PROBLEM
Following is based on a Defcom Labs Advisory def-2001-13 by Peter
Grundl. NTMails web services contain a flaw that could allow a
malicious attacker to crash the web services using a malformed
URL.
It appears that while fixing another URL related problem, Gordano
accidently introduced a new one. The web services on TCP ports
8000 and 9000 are both vulnerable to a "LongURL attack". That
means that a request larger than 255 characters will crash the
service.
A crash will take down the services listening on TCP ports: 8000
(NTMail configuration), 8025, 8080, 8888 and 9000 (GLWebMail).
SOLUTION
Install the patch located at:
ftp://ftp.gordano.com/ntmail6/hotfixes/ntmail6C_Intel_20010317.zip