MailEnable Enterprise, Professional, and Standard editions SPF lookup denial of service
| mailenable-spf-dos (28910) |  Low Risk |
Description:
MailEnable Enterprise, Professional, and Standard editions are vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by an error in the SMTP service. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an SPF lookup for a domain with a large number of records, which triggers a null pointer exception, to cause the SMTP service to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Apply Hotfix ME-10014, available from the MailEnable Web site. See References.
References:
- MailEnable - Hotfix Download Page: ME-10014: Monday, September 04, 2006.
- MailEnable Web site: MailEnable - Hotfix Download Page.
- BID-20091: MailEnable SMTP SPF Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4616: SMTP service in MailEnable Standard, Professional, and Enterprise before ME-10014 (20060904) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an SPF lookup for a domain with a large number of records, which triggers a null pointer exception.
- SA21998: MailEnable SPF Lookup Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1016792: MailEnable SMTP Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3669: MailEnable SMTP Service SPF Lookup Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- MailEnable MailEnable Enterprise Edition
- MailEnable MailEnable Professional Edition
- MailEnable MailEnable Standard Edition
- 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
Reported:
Sep 05, 2006
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