Alt-N MDaemon up to 9.49 Worldclient memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Alt-N MDaemon up to 9.49. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Worldclient. Such manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5708. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Alt-N MDaemon up to 9.49 (Mail Server Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Worldclient. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in MDaemon and WorldClient in Alt-N Technologies MDaemon before 9.50 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors resulting in memory leaks.

The weakness was shared 11/03/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at files.altn.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5708 since 11/03/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.50 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-1657, VDB-2484, VDB-2645 and VDB-37697 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MDaemon 9.50

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: altn.com

Advisory: files.altn.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5708 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5708
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33104
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/03/2025 21:25
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (49), 08/07/2018 09:30 (2), 04/03/2025 21:25 (19)
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Cache ID: 216:D6A:103

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