CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in MailEnable 3.52 (Mail Server Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
MailEnable Professional 3.5.2 and Enterprise 3.52 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via multiple IMAP connection requests to the same folder.
The bug was discovered 08/01/2008. The weakness was presented 08/04/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mailenable.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3449 since 08/04/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33810 (MailEnable IMAP Connection Saturation Remote DoS (ME-10042)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Denial of Service and running in the context l.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44136) and Tenable (33810). See 2707, 2728, 2727 and 2767 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 33810
Nessus Name: MailEnable IMAP Connection Saturation Remote DoS (ME-10042)
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OpenVAS ID: 900104
OpenVAS Name: MailEnable IMAP Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: mailenable.comStatus: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3449 (🔍)
X-Force: 44136
SecurityTracker: 1020610
Vulnerability Center: 19129 - MailEnable Professional and MailEnable Enterprise Allows Remote Attackers to Cause DoS via IMAP, High
SecurityFocus: 30498 - MailEnable 3.52 IMAP Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 31325 - MailEnable IMAP Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 47257 - MailEnable 3.52 - IMAP Remote Denial of Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2287
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 12:19Updated: 08/15/2019 16:35
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (78), 08/15/2019 16:35 (4)
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