MailEnable Professional up to 1.71 IMAP Service denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in MailEnable Professional up to 1.71. The affected element is an unknown function of the component IMAP Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-0503. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in MailEnable Professional up to 1.71 (Mail Server Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component IMAP 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. CVE summarizes:

IMAP service in MailEnable Professional Edition before 1.72 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via unspecified vectors involving the EXAMINE command.

The bug was discovered 02/01/2006. The weakness was published 02/01/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mailenable.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-0503 since 02/01/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20837 (MailEnable IMAP Server EXAMINE Command Remote DoS), 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 r.

Upgrading to version 1.72 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24424), Tenable (20837), SecurityFocus (BID 16457†), OSVDB (22852†) and Secunia (SA18668†). Similar entries are available at VDB-23106, VDB-25751 and VDB-25750. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Mail Server Software

Name

• MailEnable Professional

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.46
• 1.47
• 1.48
• 1.49
• 1.50
• 1.51
• 1.52
• 1.53
• 1.54
• 1.55
• 1.56
• 1.57
• 1.58
• 1.59
• 1.60
• 1.61
• 1.62
• 1.63
• 1.64
• 1.65
• 1.66
• 1.67
• 1.68
• 1.69
• 1.70
• 1.71

License

• commercial

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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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: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 20837
Nessus Name: MailEnable IMAP Server EXAMINE Command Remote DoS
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MailEnable Professional 1.72

Timelineinfo

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06/13/2019 +1554 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mailenable.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0503 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0503
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28540
X-Force: 24424
SecurityFocus: 16457 - MailEnable Professional EXAMINE Command Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 18668
OSVDB: 22852 - MailEnable - Professional - EXAMINE Command Remote Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1015558
Vulnerability Center: 10275 - MailEnable Professional DoS via EXAMINE Command of IMAP Service, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-0397

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/13/2019 20:24
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (64), 06/13/2019 20:24 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:6F0:103

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