MailEnable 3.52 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in MailEnable 3.52. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-3449. There is no available exploit. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MailEnable 3.52 (Mail Server Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

MailEnable Professional 3.5.2 and Enterprise 3.52 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via multiple IMAP connection requests to the same folder.

The bug was discovered 08/01/2008. The weakness was presented 08/04/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mailenable.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3449 since 08/04/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33810 (MailEnable IMAP Connection Saturation Remote DoS (ME-10042)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Denial of Service and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44136), Tenable (33810), SecurityFocus (BID 30498†), OSVDB (47257†) and Secunia (SA31325†). See VDB-2707, VDB-2728, VDB-2727 and VDB-2767 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / 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: 33810
Nessus Name: MailEnable IMAP Connection Saturation Remote DoS (ME-10042)
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OpenVAS ID: 900104
OpenVAS Name: MailEnable IMAP Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mailenable.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3449 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3449
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43523
X-Force: 44136
SecurityFocus: 30498 - MailEnable 3.52 IMAP Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 31325 - MailEnable IMAP Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 47257 - MailEnable 3.52 - IMAP Remote Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020610
Vulnerability Center: 19129 - MailEnable Professional and MailEnable Enterprise Allows Remote Attackers to Cause DoS via IMAP, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-2287

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/15/2019 16:35
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (78), 08/15/2019 16:35 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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