BusinessMail Server SMTP command denial of service
| businessmail-smtp-dos (21636) |  Low Risk |
Description:
BusinessMail is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by improper validation of user-supplied input in the SMTP HELO and MAIL FROM: commands. A remote attacker could send a command with a specially-crafted long command parameter to cause the system to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of BusinessMail Server (4.7 or later), available from the BUSINESSMAIL MAIL SERVER Web page. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jun 04 2007 - 09:32:32 CDT : Re: Buffer overflow in BusinessMail email server system 4.60.00.
- BUSINESSMAIL MAIL SERVER Web page: BUSINESSMAIL MAIL SERVER.
- Full-disclosure Mailing List, Mon Aug 01 2005 - 00:07:02 CDT : Buffer overflow in BusinessMail email server system 4.60.00.
- BID-14434: NetCPlus BusinessMail Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-2472: Multiple buffer overflows in BusinessMail 4.60.00 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string to SMTP (1) HELO or (2) MAIL FROM commands.
- OSVDB ID: 18407: BusinessMail SMTP Multiple Command Remote Overflow DoS
- SA16306: BusinessMail SMTP Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1014602: BusinessMail Server SMTP Command Validation Error Lets Remote Users Crash the Server
Platforms Affected:
- NetcPlus BusinessMail Server 4.60.00
Reported:
Aug 01, 2005
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