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MailEnable SMTP Service HELO Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20790
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Release Date:
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2006-06-26
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Last Update:
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2006-06-30
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Popularity:
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7,688 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: | MailEnable Enterprise Edition 1.x
MailEnable Enterprise Edition 2.x
MailEnable Professional 1.x
MailEnable Professional 2.x
MailEnable Standard 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3277
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Description:
DivisionByZero has reported a vulnerability in MailEnable, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the SMTP service when handling the HELO command. This can be exploited to crash the service via a HELO command with specially crafted arguments.
The vulnerability has been reported in the following products:
* MailEnable Standard (all versions)
* MailEnable Professional (all versions)
* MailEnable Enterprise (all versions)
Solution:
Apply Hotfix.
http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/MESMTPC.ZIP
Provided and/or discovered by:
DivisionByZero
Changelog:
2006-06-30: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.divisionbyzero.be/?p=173
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