MailEnable EHLO denial of service
| mailenable-ehlo-dos (19973) |  Low Risk |
Description:
MailEnable is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a vulnerability in the smtpd service. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted EHLO request to cause the system to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- MailEnable, MailEnable Enterprise Edition 1.04 and prior
- MailEnable, MailEnable Professional Edition 1.54 and prior
- Microsoft, Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft, Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server Standard
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server Web
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server Enterprise
- Microsoft, Windows NT 4.0 Server
Remedy:
Apply the hotfix for this vulnerability, available from the MailEnable Hotfix Download Web page. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Apr 05 2005 - 15:29:26 CDT , MailEnable Smtpd remote Dos [x0n3-h4ck] at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-04/0070.html.
- 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 05, 2005
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