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A vulnerability was found in Messagemedia UnityMail 2.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component MIME Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
UnityMail allows remote attackers to conduct a denial of service via a large number of MIME headers.
The weakness was released 09/03/1999 with Apache as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0925. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86626 (Multiple Apache Web Server (1.3.22 And Earlier) Vulnerabilities).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (1630). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 14822 and 16124.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Sources
Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.comOrganization: Apache
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-0925 (🔍)
X-Force: 1630
Vulnerability Center: 2746 - DoS in MessageMedia UnityMail 2.0 via Large Number of MIME Headers, High
SecurityFocus: 1760 - Multiple Vendor MIME Header DoS Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 06/21/2014 21:54Updated: 05/16/2019 15:05
Changes: 06/21/2014 21:54 (60), 05/16/2019 15:05 (6)
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