SmarterTools SmarterMail 1.6.1511/1.6.1529 SMTP Service denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in SmarterTools SmarterMail 1.6.1511/1.6.1529. This impacts an unknown function of the component SMTP Service. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2583. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SmarterTools SmarterMail 1.6.1511/1.6.1529. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component SMTP 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:

SMTP service in SmarterTools SmarterMail 1.6.1511 and 1.6.1529 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of simultaneous open connections to TCP port 25.

The weakness was released 12/31/2004 by Dr_insane (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2583 since 11/28/2005. 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.

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 (15391), SecurityFocus (BID 9805†) and Secunia (SA11042†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-23465, VDB-23464, VDB-23463 and VDB-23462. 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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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

03/04/2004 🔍
03/05/2004 +1 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +301 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +0 days 🔍
11/28/2005 +332 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3388 days 🔍
06/30/2018 +1209 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Dr_insane
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2583 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2583
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23461
X-Force: 15391 - SmarterMail multiple connection denial of service
SecurityFocus: 9805 - SmarterTools SmarterMail Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 11042 - SmarterMail Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 06/30/2018 09:10
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (49), 06/30/2018 09:10 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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