Ipswitch IMail Web Calendaring (iwebcal) empty Content-Length POST denial of service
| imail-iwebcal-content-length-dos (9722) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Ipswitch IMail is vulnerable to a denial of service attack in the Web Calendaring service. If a remote attacker sends a malformed POST request with an empty "Content-Length" header to the Web Calendaring service, the attacker can cause the service to crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of June 1, 2013.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jul 30 2002 - 10:28:37 CDT : IPSwitch IMail Advisory #2 .
- BID-5365: IPSwitch IMail Web Calendaring Incomplete Post Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1077: IPSwitch IMail Web Calendaring service (iwebcal) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP POST request without a Content-Length field.
- OSVDB ID: 9101: Ipswitch IMail Web Calendaring Content-Length DoS
Platforms Affected:
- Ipswitch IMail Server 7.11
Reported:
Jul 30, 2002
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