VDB-23627 · CVE-2004-1312 · BID 12148

GFI Mailessentials 9.0/10.0/10.1 HTML Library denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in GFI Mailessentials 9.0/10.0/10.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component HTML Library. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1312. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GFI Mailessentials 9.0/10.0/10.1. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component HTML Library. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A bug in the HTML parser in a certain Microsoft HTML library, as used in various third party products, may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via certain strings, as reported in GFI MailEssentials for Exchange 9 and 10, and GFI MailSecurity for Exchange 8, which causes emails to remain in IIS or Exchange mail queues.

The weakness was disclosed 01/03/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kbase.gfi.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1312 since 12/21/2004. 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.

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 SecurityFocus (BID 12148†) and Secunia (SA13708†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

12/21/2004 🔍
01/03/2005 +13 days 🔍
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01/04/2005 +1 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3717 days 🔍
06/30/2018 +1208 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kbase.gfi.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-1312 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1312
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23627
SecurityFocus: 12148 - GFI MailEssentials and MailSecurity HTML Email Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 13708 - GFI MailEssentials / MailSecurity Mail Processing Denial of Service, Moderately Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 06/30/2018 09:20
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (48), 06/30/2018 09:20 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:EFC:103

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