MailEnable SMTP service denial of service
| mailenable-smtp-dos (19948) |  Low Risk |
Description:
MailEnable is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by an unspecified vulnerability in the SMTP service. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause the system to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- MailEnable, MailEnable Enterprise Edition 1.x
- MailEnable, MailEnable Professional Edition 1.x
Remedy:
Apply the hotfix for this vulnerability, available from the MailEnable Hotfix Download Web page. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- MailEnable Hotfix Download Web page, MailEnable - Hotfix Download Page at http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/.
- BID-12994: MailEnable SMTP Malformed EHLO Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-1013: The SMTP service in MailEnable Enterprise 1.04 and earlier and Professional 1.54 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via an EHLO command with a Unicode string.
- OSVDB ID: 15232: MailEnable SMTP Malformed EHLO Request DoS
- SA14812: MailEnable IMAP Buffer Overflow and SMTP Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1013637: MailEnable Unspecified Bugs in IMAP and SMTP Services Let Remote Users Deny Service
Reported:
Apr 04, 2005
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