Ipswitch IMail 6.00 Web Service Host denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Ipswitch IMail 6.00 (Mail Server Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Web Service. The manipulation of the argument Host with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Ipswitch Imail 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections in which a long Host: header is sent, which causes a thread to crash.

The weakness was released 11/14/2000 with eEye (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0825. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10496 (IMail Host: Header Field Handling Remote Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5475) and Tenable (10496).

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 10496
Nessus Name: IMail Host: Header Field Handling Remote Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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05/11/2019 +1779 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ipswitch.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Organization: eEye
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0825 (🔍)
X-Force: 5475
Vulnerability Center: 1614 - DoS in IPSwitch Imail 6.0 Web Service via Long Host Header in HTTP Request, High
SecurityFocus: 2011 - Ipswitch IMail Web Service "HOST" Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2014 18:05
Updated: 05/11/2019 09:50
Changes: 06/27/2014 18:05 (64), 05/11/2019 09:50 (3)
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