MailEnable Professional and MailEnable Enterprise IMAP connections denial of service
| mailenable-imap-connections-dos (44136) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MailEnable Professional and MailEnable Enterprise are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when handling IMAP connections. By establishing multiple simultaneous connections to the same folder, a remote attacker could cause the service to stop accepting requests.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Apply the hotfix for this vulnerability (ME-10042), available from the MailEnable Hotfix Download Page. See References.
References:
- MailEnable Hotfix Download Page: ME-10042: Friday, August 01, 2008.
- MailEnable Web site: MailEnable - high performance mail server software.
- BID-30498: MailEnable 3.52 IMAP Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-3449: MailEnable Professional 3.5.2 and Enterprise 3.52 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via multiple IMAP connection requests to the same folder.
- SA31325: MailEnable IMAP Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1020610: MailEnable IMAP Service Can Be Crashed With Multiple Connections to the Same Folder
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2287: MailEnable IMAP Connections Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- MailEnable MailEnable 3.52 Enterprise
- MailEnable MailEnable 3.52 Professional
Reported:
Aug 01, 2008
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