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BusinessMail SMTP Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16306
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Release Date:
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2005-08-01
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Last Update:
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2007-06-07
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Popularity:
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5,204 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | NetCPlus BusinessMail 4.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2472
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Description:
Reed Arvin has discovered a vulnerability in BusinessMail, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the SMTP service, and can be exploited to cause the service to stop responding via an overly long user name in the "MAIL FROM" command.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in BusinessMail version 4.6 (SMTP server 4.61.02). Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Contact the vendor for a patch or upgrade to version 4.7.
http://www.netcplus.com/dnld-bm460.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reed Arvin
Changelog:
2005-08-02: Added link to original advisory.
2005-08-08: Added CVE reference.
2007-06-06: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://reedarvin.thearvins.com/20050730-01.html
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