Seattle Lab Software SLMail Pro up to 5.5 WebContainer webcontainer.exe resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Seattle Lab Software SLMail Pro up to 5.5. This affects an unknown part of the file webcontainer.exe of the component WebContainer. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-1689. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Seattle Lab Software SLMail Pro up to 5.5. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file webcontainer.exe of the component WebContainer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack consumption vulnerability in WebContainer.exe 1.0.0.336 and earlier in SLMail Pro 6.3.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long request header in an HTTP request to TCP port 801. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was disclosed 04/07/2008 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1689 since 04/07/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115771 (SLMail Pro Multiple Remote Denial of Service and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41532), SecurityFocus (BID 28505†) and Secunia (SA29614†). The entries VDB-41859 and VDB-41858 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/31/2008 🔍
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04/07/2008 +7 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2534 days 🔍
11/19/2017 +979 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-1689 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1689
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41857
X-Force: 41532 - SLMail Pro WebContainer.exe buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 28505 - SLMail Pro Multiple Remote Denial Of Service and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29614 - SLMail Pro Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-1039

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 11/19/2017 10:05
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (58), 11/19/2017 10:05 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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