SurgeMail host header denial of service
| surgemail-hostheader-dos (39087) |  Low Risk |
Description:
SurgeMail is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP POST request with an overly-long repeating string sequence in the host header, a remote attacker could crash the application.
Platforms Affected:
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8k4
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Dec 17 2007 - 13:45:30 CST, SurgeMail v.38k4 webmail Host header crash at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-12/0214.html.
- NetWin Web site, NetWin at http://netwinsite.com/.
- BID-26901: SurgeMail Malformed Host Header Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-6457: Stack-based buffer overflow in the webmail feature in SurgeMail 38k4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long Host header.
- SA28142: SurgeMail Webmail "Host" Header Processing Denial of Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-4245: SurgeMail Webmail Host Header Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
Reported:
Dec 17, 2007
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