Mailenable Professional up to 1.8 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mailenable Professional up to 1.8. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-2223. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mailenable Professional up to 1.8 (Mail Server Software). This issue affects an unknown code block. 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unknown vulnerability in the SMTP service in MailEnable Standard before 1.9 and Professional before 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) during authentication.

The bug was discovered 07/08/2005. The weakness was released 07/12/2005 by Mati Aharoni (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securitytracker.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2223 since 07/12/2005. 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17364 (MailEnable Standard SMTP mailto: Request Format String), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SMTP problems and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 1.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3783.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (17364), SecurityFocus (BID 12833†), OSVDB (16851†), SecurityTracker (ID 1014427†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7382†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-24627, VDB-25750 and VDB-28540. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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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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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 17364
Nessus Name: MailEnable Standard SMTP mailto: Request Format String
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mailenable Professional 1.9
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Timelineinfo

03/17/2005 🔍
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03/22/2005 +4 days 🔍
07/08/2005 +108 days 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3529 days 🔍
07/05/2021 +2308 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: Mati Aharoni
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2223 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2223
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25751
SecurityFocus: 12833 - MailEnable Remote Format String Vulnerability
OSVDB: 16851 - MailEnable Professional HTTPMail service unknown vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1014427
Vulnerability Center: 7382 - Format String in MailEnable Standard Edition, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 07/05/2021 12:43
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (74), 05/30/2019 22:26 (6), 07/05/2021 12:43 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:842:103

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