SurgeMail IMAP denial of service
| surgemail-imap-dos (43171) |  Low Risk |
Description:
SurgeMail is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unspecified error when processing IMAP commands. By sending a specially-crafted IMAP command, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8a
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8b
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8d
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8f
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8f2
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8f3
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8I
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8i2
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8i3
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8k
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8k2
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8k3
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8k4
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8m
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8o
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8q
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8s
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.8u
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.9a
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.9c
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.9e
- NetWin, SurgeMail 3.9g
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of SurgeMail (3.9g2 or later), available from the SurgeMail Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- SurgeMail Change History, SurgeMail 3.9g2 18-June-2008 (Webmail 3.1t-7) at http://www.netwinsite.com/surgemail/help/updates.htm.
- SurgeMail Web site, Download SurgeMail at http://netwinsite.com/cgi-bin/keycgi.exe?cmd=download&product=surgemail.
- BID-29805: SurgeMail IMAP Command Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-2859: Unspecified vulnerability in the IMAP service in NetWin SurgeMail before 3.9g2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unknown vectors related to an imap command.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-1874: SurgeMail IMAP Command Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SA30739: SurgeMail IMAP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1020335: SurgeMail IMAP Command Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Crash the Server
Reported:
Jun 18, 2008
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