Re: FP's with sid:17239 - IMAP Alt-N MDaemon IMAP server CREATE command buffer overflow attempt

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

I had one person write me off-list telling me that the rule had not been rev'd.  However, your domain is rejecting 
emails from our domain.  

I redownloaded the rulepack and verified the rule is at rev:2.  

Joel

On Oct 12, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Eoin Miller wrote:

>  alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"IMAP Alt-N MDaemon 
> IMAP server CREATE command buffer overflow attempt"; 
> flow:to_server,established; content:" CREATE "; nocase; 
> isdataat:180,relative; pcre:"/^[^\r\n]{180}/R"; metadata:policy 
> balanced-ips drop, policy security-ips drop, service imap; 
> reference:bugtraq,14315; classtype:attempted-dos; sid:17239; rev:1;)
>
> I really can't believe this signature, it seems like it would trigger 
> WAY to often. Anyone else getting a lot of hits with this?
>
> -- Eoin
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