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MailEnable NTLM Authentication Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA24139
Release Date: 2007-02-14
Last Update: 2007-02-16
Popularity: 7,132 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:MailEnable Enterprise Edition 2.x
MailEnable Professional 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-0955


Description:
mu-b has discovered 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 "NTLM_UnPack_Type3()" (MENTLM.DLL) when processing NTLM authentication data. This can be exploited e.g. to crash the IMAP or POP service via a specially crafted series of commands and data.

The vulnerability is confirmed in MailEnable Professional versions 2.35, 2.351, and 2.37. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Restrict access to MailEnable's services.

Provided and/or discovered by:
mu-b

Changelog:
2007-02-15: Updated "Solution" and "Description" sections based on updated PoC by mu-b.
2007-02-16: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
Full-Disclosure:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-February/052427.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-February/052439.html


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