Network Associates WebShield SMTP 4.5 Mail Address MAIL FROM denial of service
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A vulnerability has been found in Network Associates WebShield SMTP 4.5 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Mail Address Handler. The manipulation of the argument MAIL FROM
with the input value <address>.
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. CVE summarizes:
WebShield SMTP 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending e-mail with a From: address that has a . (period) at the end, which causes WebShield to continuously send itself copies of the e-mail.
The weakness was published 10/20/2000 as not defined posting (NTBugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0738. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10557 (McAfee WebShield SMTP 4.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SMTP problems and running in the context r.
Upgrading to version 4.5.44 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5100) and Tenable (10557). Similar entry is available at 16286.
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 10557
Nessus Name: McAfee WebShield SMTP 4.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Upgrade: WebShield SMTP 4.5.44
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Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2000-0738 (🔍)
X-Force: 5100 - WebShield SMTP domain name period denial of service
Vulnerability Center: 177 - WebShield SMTP 4.5 DOS, High
SecurityFocus: 1589 - Network Associates WebShield SMTP Trailing Period DoS Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 06/27/2014 15:20Updated: 05/05/2019 11:54
Changes: 06/27/2014 15:20 (74), 05/05/2019 11:54 (2)
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