MailEnable Professional IMAP EXAMINE denial of service
| mailenable-imap-examine-dos (24424) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MailEnable is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A remote attacker with valid authentication credentials could exploit this vulnerability to crash the IMAP daemon by sending a specially-crafted EXAMINE command.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.1 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 1.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of MailEnable Professional (1.72 or later), available from the MailEnable Web site. See References.
References:
- MailEnable Web site: MailEnable - Professional Edition Revision History.
- BID-16457: MailEnable Professional EXAMINE Command Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0503: IMAP service in MailEnable Professional Edition before 1.72 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via unspecified vectors involving the EXAMINE command.
- SA18668: MailEnable Professional EXAMINE Command Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1015558: MailEnable Professional IMAP EXAMINE Command May Let Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0397: MailEnable Professional EXAMINE Command Denial of Service Issue
Platforms Affected:
- MailEnable MailEnable 1.71 and prior Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Enterprise
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Standard
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Web
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server
Reported:
Feb 01, 2006
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