MailEnable up to 2.34 IMAP Service denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in MailEnable. Affected is an unknown function of the component IMAP Service. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-6484. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in MailEnable (Mail Server Software). This affects an unknown code of the component IMAP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The IMAP service for MailEnable Professional and Enterprise Edition 2.0 through 2.34, Professional Edition 1.6 through 1.83, and Enterprise Edition 1.1 through 1.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors that trigger a null pointer dereference, as addressed by the ME-10023 hotfix, and a different issue than CVE-2006-6423. NOTE: some details were obtained from third party information.

The weakness was disclosed 12/08/2006 with MailEnable (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-6484 since 12/12/2006. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23783 (MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10025)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mailenable.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30797), Tenable (23783), SecurityFocus (BID 21493†), OSVDB (32124†) and Secunia (SA23267†). The entries VDB-2707, VDB-2728, VDB-2767 and VDB-24793 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

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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: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 23783
Nessus Name: MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (ME-10025)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: mailenable.com

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: http://www.mailenable.com
Organization: MailEnable
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6484 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6484
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2727
X-Force: 30797 - MailEnable IMAP NULL pointer denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 21493 - MailEnable IMAP Service Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23267 - MailEnable IMAP Service Denial Of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 32124 - MailEnable IMAP Service Unspecified Null Pointer Dereference DoS

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2006 13:05
Updated: 04/22/2018 13:19
Changes: 12/14/2006 13:05 (75), 04/22/2018 13:19 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:E7F:103

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