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MDaemon WorldClient LookOut Theme Inbox Denial of Service Weakness Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA17990  
Release Date: 2005-12-12
Last Update: 2006-01-13

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:MDaemon 8.x

CVE reference:CVE-2005-4265 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2005-4266 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2005-4209 (Secunia mirror)



Description:
dr_insane has discovered a weakness in MDaemon, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The weakness is caused due to an error in the WorldClient webmail's "LookOut" Theme when displaying the user's inbox when the "Subject" header of a received email contains Javascript tags. This can be exploited to prevent a user from correctly accessing his Inbox from the webmail via a specially crafted email containing "<script></script>" in the "Subject" field.

Successful exploitation requires that the user uses the default "LookOut" Theme.

The weakness has been confirmed in version 8.1.3. Other versions may also be affected.

Note: It is also reportedly possible to logout another user if the 7 uppercase-only Session ID of that user is guessed correctly, and the other user is accessing the webmail server from the same IP address as the attacker (e.g. via the same proxy server).

Solution:
Filter emails containing potentially malicious scripts with an email filtering gateway.

Removing the malicious email, e.g. by deleting it via IMAP or POP3, or by changing to another Theme, would allow the inbox to be accessible again.

Provided and/or discovered by:
dr_insane

Changelog:
2005-12-13: Received additional information from vendor. Updated "Critical", "Solution Status", "Description" and "Solution" sections.
2006-01-13: Added CVE references.

Original Advisory:
http://www.ipomonis.com/advisories.htm



Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

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5. MDaemon IMAP Authentication Denial of Service Vulnerability
6. MDaemon IMAP Service "CREATE" Command Buffer Overflow


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