MailEnable logging enabled MEHTTPS denial of service
| mailenable-enabled-mehttps-dos (16114) |  Low Risk |
Description:
MailEnable is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a vulnerability in the HTTPMail service, MEHTTPS. If logging is enabled, which is the default setting, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP request containing more than 4045 bytes to the MEHTTPS service listening on port 8080, to cause the service to stop.
Platforms Affected:
- MailEnable, MailEnable Professional Edition 1.5 - 1.7
Remedy:
Apply the MEHTTPS hotfix for this vulnerability, available from the MailEnable Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun May 16 2004 - 07:29:08 CDT, RE: Remote Buffer Overflow in MailEnable HTTPMail at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-05/0159.html.
- Hat-Squad Advisory May 09, 2004, Remote Heap Corruption overflow Vulnerability in MailEnable at http://www.hat-squad.com/en/000071.html.
- MailEnable Web site, MailEnable - HotFix Download page at http://mailenable.com/hotfix/.
- BID-10312: MailEnable Mail Server HTTPMail Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-2726: HTTPMail service in MailEnable Professional 1.18 does not properly handle arguments to the Authorization header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (null dereference and application crash). NOTE: This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1348.
- CVE-2004-2727: Buffer overflow in MEHTTPS (HTTPMail) of MailEnable Professional 1.5 through 1.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long HTTP GET request.
- OSVDB ID: 6037: MailEnable Professional HTTPMail GET Overflow
- OSVDB ID: 6038: MailEnable Professional HTTPMail Overflow
- SA11588: MailEnable Professional HTTPMail Service Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1010107: MailEnable Buffer Overflow in HTTPMail Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2005-0383: MailEnable Enterprise/Professional Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Reported:
May 09, 2004
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