Seattle Lab Software SLMail Pro up to 6.3.1.0 UDP Service slmail.exe input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Seattle Lab Software SLMail Pro up to 6.3.1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file slmail.exe of the component UDP Service. Performing a manipulation results in input validation. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-1691. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Seattle Lab Software SLMail Pro up to 6.3.1.0. This affects some unknown processing of the file slmail.exe of the component UDP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in SLMail.exe in SLMail Pro 6.3.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (UDP service outage) via a large packet to UDP port 54. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The bug was discovered 03/29/2008. The weakness was shared 04/07/2008 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1691 since 04/07/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. 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 (41533), SecurityFocus (BID 28505†), OSVDB (43929†), Secunia (SA29614†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-18093†). The entries VDB-41858 and VDB-41857 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-1691 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1691
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41859
X-Force: 41533
SecurityFocus: 28505 - SLMail Pro Multiple Remote Denial Of Service and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29614
OSVDB: 43929 - CVE-2008-1691 - SLMail Pro - Unspecified Issue
Vulnerability Center: 18093 - SLMail Pro Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities, High
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: 05/31/2025 22:47
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (62), 08/08/2019 08:06 (6), 05/31/2025 22:47 (22)
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