MDaemon Worldclient subject denial of service
| mdaemon-worldclient-subject-dos (23551) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MDaemon is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted email containing JavaScript tags in the subject line to cause a denial of service against the victim's Web mail client inbox, if the victim is using the default 'LookOut' theme.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- Alt-N Technologies Web site: Alt-N Technologies.
- BID-15815: Alt-N MDaemon WorldClient Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-4209: WorldClient webmail in Alt-N MDaemon 8.1.3 allows remote attackers to prevent arbitrary users from accessing their inboxes via script tags in the Subject header of an e-mail message, which prevents the user from being able to access the Inbox folder, possibly due to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
- CVE-2005-4265: Alt-N MDaemon and WorldClient 8.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disabled inbox) via an e-mail message with a topic that contains javascript, which prevents the user from being able to access the Inbox folder.
- CVE-2005-4266: WorldClient.dll in Alt-N MDaemon and WorldClient 8.1.3 trusts a Session parameter that contains a randomly generated session ID that is associated with a username, which allows remote attackers to perform actions as other users by guessing or sniffing the random value.
- SA17990: MDaemon WorldClient LookOut Theme Inbox Denial of Service Weakness
Platforms Affected:
- Alt-N MDaemon 8.1.3
Reported:
Dec 12, 2005
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