MailEnable 1.18 HTTPMail Service denial of service

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A vulnerability has been found in MailEnable 1.18 (Mail Server Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component HTTPMail Service. 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:

HTTPMail service in MailEnable Professional 1.18 does not properly handle arguments to the Authorization header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (null dereference and application crash). NOTE: This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1348.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2004 by Pejman Davarzani with Hat-Squad (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2726 since 10/08/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14654 (MailEnable HTTPMail Service Authorization Header Handling Remote DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16115) and Tenable (14654). See 23594, 82013 and 90806 for similar entries.

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

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 14654
Nessus Name: MailEnable HTTPMail Service Authorization Header Handling Remote DoS
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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/03/2004 +110 days 🔍
09/07/2004 +4 days 🔍
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Advisory: secunia.com
Researcher: Pejman Davarzani
Organization: Hat-Squad
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2726 (🔍)
X-Force: 16115
Vulnerability Center: 5319 - The HTTPMail Service in MailEnable Allows DoS or Code Execution via Long HTTP Request, Critical
SecurityFocus: 10312 - MailEnable Mail Server HTTPMail Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 11588

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Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 05/24/2019 16:36
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (63), 05/24/2019 16:36 (7)
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