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A vulnerability was found in Softalk Mail Server 8.5.1.431 (Mail Server Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component IMAP Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
The IMAP server in Softalk Mail Server (formerly WorkgroupMail) 8.5.1.431 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and daemon crash) via a long IMAP APPEND command with certain repeated parameters.
The weakness was published 09/11/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4041 since 09/11/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (44862).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Unproven
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OpenVAS ID: 900119
OpenVAS Name: Softalk Mail Server IMAP Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
09/02/2008 🔍09/11/2008 🔍
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03/17/2015 🔍
11/29/2017 🔍
Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-4041 (🔍)
X-Force: 44862 - Softalk Mail Server IMAP denial of service
SecurityFocus: 30970 - Softalk Mail Server 'APPEND' Command Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 31715
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 11/29/2017 14:28
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (53), 11/29/2017 14:28 (5)
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