MailEnable SMTP Service EXPN/VRFY Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

MailEnable SMTP Service EXPN/VRFY Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory:	SA29300	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2008-03-10
Last Update:	2008-03-12
Popularity:	4,355 views

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	DoS
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	MailEnable Enterprise Edition 1.x MailEnable Enterprise Edition 2.x MailEnable Enterprise Edition 3.x MailEnable Professional 1.x MailEnable Professional 2.x MailEnable Professional 3.x MailEnable Standard 1.x

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Description: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in MailEnable, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors within the SMTP service (MESMTPC.exe) when handling EXPN or VRFY commands. These can be exploited to cause the service to crash via a specially crafted EXPN or VRFY command. The vulnerability reportedly affects all versions. Solution: Apply hotfix (ME-10039). http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/ME-10039.EXE Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by the vendor. Changelog: 2008-03-12: Updated "Description" section based on additional information from Matteo Memelli. Added link to "Other References" section. Original Advisory: http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/ Other References: http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5235

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