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SurgeMail Webmail "Host" Header Processing Denial of Service Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA28142  
Release Date: 2007-12-18
Last Update: 2007-12-21

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

Software:SurgeMail 3.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-6457 (Secunia mirror)

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
rgod has discovered a vulnerability in SurgeMail, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the processing of "Host" HTTP headers. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted HTTP request with an overly-long (greater than 1000 bytes) "Host" header.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 38k4. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Restrict network access to the webmail service.

Provided and/or discovered by:
rgod

Changelog:
2007-12-21: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://retrogod.altervista.org/rgod_surgemail_crash.html



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