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MailEnable IMAP Service Denial Of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23267
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Release Date:
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2006-12-08
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Last Update:
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2006-12-13
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Popularity:
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7,260 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
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-6484
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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in MailEnable, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to a NULL pointer dereference error when handling data sent to the IMAP service. This can be exploited to crash the system via a specially crafted sequence of commands and data.
The vulnerability is confirmed in MailEnable Professional 2.32 with Hotfix ME-10021 applied. The following versions are reportedly affected:
* 1.6-1.83 Professional Edition
* 1.1-1.40 Enterprise Edition
* 2.0-2.34 Professional Edition
* 2.0-2.34 Enterprise Edition
Solution:
Apply hotfix ME-10023:
http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/ME-10023.ZIP
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2006-12-13: Added CVE reference.
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