E-Post SPA-PRO Mail @Solomon up to 4.4 IMAP Service infinite loop

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in E-Post SPA-PRO Mail @Solomon up to 4.4. This affects an unknown function of the component IMAP Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to infinite loop. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2006-0449. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in E-Post SPA-PRO Mail @Solomon up to 4.4 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component IMAP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Early termination vulnerability in the IMAP service in E-Post Mail 4.05 and SPA-PRO Mail 4.05 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by sending an APPEND command and disconnecting before the expected amount of data is sent.

The bug was discovered 01/13/2006. The weakness was presented 01/25/2006 by Tan Chew Keong with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-0449 since 01/26/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 4.05 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24341), SecurityFocus (BID 16379†), OSVDB (22766†) and Secunia (SA18480†). See VDB-28497, VDB-28496, VDB-83493 and VDB-83494 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Class: Infinite loop
CWE: CWE-835 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SPA-PRO Mail @Solomon 4.05

Timelineinfo

01/13/2006 🔍
01/25/2006 +12 days 🔍
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06/08/2017 +819 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Tan Chew Keong
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-0449 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0449
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28498
X-Force: 24341 - E-Post IMAP APPEND denial of service
SecurityFocus: 16379 - E-Post MailServer Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 18480
OSVDB: 22766 - E-Post Multiple Products IMAP APPEND Command Infinite Loop DoS
Vupen: ADV-2006-0318

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/08/2017 23:46
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (57), 06/08/2017 23:46 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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