Advisory Details

June 3rd, 2011

Sybase OneBridge Mobile Data Suite Format String Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-11-171
ZDI-CAN-1068

CVE ID
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Sybase
AFFECTED PRODUCTS OneBridge
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['11288']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Sybase OneBridge Mobile Data Suite. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the iMailGatewayService server process (ECTrace.dll) which listens for encrypted requests by default on TCP port 993 (IMAP) and port 587 (SMTP). The process fails to properly sanitize malformed user string inputs before passing to the authentication logging function. By providing a specially crafted string with format specifiers this can be leveraged to trigger a format string vulnerability which can lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the server process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Sybase has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1092074
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2011-01-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2011-06-03 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Luigi Auriemma
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