NetWin SurgeMail up to 3.9g IMAP Service denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in NetWin SurgeMail and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component IMAP Service. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-2859. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in NetWin SurgeMail. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component IMAP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the IMAP service in NetWin SurgeMail before 3.9g2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unknown vectors related to an "imap command."

The bug was discovered 06/30/2008. The weakness was shared 06/25/2008 by NetWin (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-2859 since 06/24/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33277 (SurgeMail IMAP Service APPEND Command Remote DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 3.8o eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43171), Tenable (33277), SecurityFocus (BID 29805†), OSVDB (46434†) and Secunia (SA30739†). The entries VDB-23429, VDB-36782 and VDB-49840 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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: 33277
Nessus Name: SurgeMail IMAP Service APPEND Command Remote DoS
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SurgeMail 3.8o

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06/18/2008 🔍
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06/20/2008 +2 days 🔍
06/24/2008 +4 days 🔍
06/25/2008 +1 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2442 days 🔍
08/01/2021 +2330 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netwininfosolutions.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: NetWin
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2859 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2859
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42914
X-Force: 43171
SecurityFocus: 29805 - SurgeMail IMAP Command Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 30739
OSVDB: 46434 - NetWin Surgemail APPEND buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1020335
Vulnerability Center: 18747 - NetWin SurgeMail Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Cause DoS via a Malformed IMAP Command, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-1874

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/01/2021 09:58
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (66), 08/12/2019 21:30 (12), 08/01/2021 09:58 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:861:103

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