Ipswitch IMail up to 7.1 Web Calendaring Service Content-Length denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ipswitch IMail up to 7.1. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Web Calendaring Service. The manipulation of the argument Content-Length as part of POST Request leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-1077. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ipswitch IMail up to 7.1 (Mail Server Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Web Calendaring Service. The manipulation of the argument Content-Length as part of a POST Request 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. The summary by CVE is:

IPSwitch IMail Web Calendaring service (iwebcal) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP POST request without a Content-Length field.

The weakness was shared 10/04/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1077. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 50067 (Ipswitch IMail Web Calendaring Incomplete Post Denial of Service Vulnerability).

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 databases at X-Force (9722), Exploit-DB (21673), SecurityFocus (BID 5365†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3130†). The entry VDB-18988 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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07/29/2014 +3884 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ipswitch.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1077 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1077
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18989
X-Force: 9722
SecurityFocus: 5365 - IPSwitch IMail Web Calendaring Incomplete Post Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 3130 - IPSwitch Imail Web Calendaring Service DoS, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/29/2014 17:47
Updated: 09/09/2025 05:53
Changes: 07/29/2014 17:47 (57), 05/17/2019 19:02 (3), 04/18/2025 22:28 (27), 09/09/2025 05:53 (3)
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