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Secunia Advisory SA9520

MDaemon Allows Relaying Using Blank Passwords

Secunia Advisory

SA9520

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Release Date

2003-08-13

Popularity

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Criticality level

Moderately critical

Impact

Security Bypass

Where

From remote

Authentication level

Available in Customer Area

Report reliability

Available in Customer Area

Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Systems affected

Available in Customer Area

Approve distribution

Available in Customer Area

Software:

MDaemon 5.x

Secunia CVSS Score

Available in Customer Area

CVE Reference(s)

No CVE references.

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in MDaemon allowing malicious people to relay mail without authentication.

The problem is that MDaemon allows any person to relay mail if they enter a valid username and a blank password. This could be exploited by spammers.

The default "MDaemon" account may also be used.

This has been confirmed in version 5.0.5

Solution
Version 6.8.4 is not vulnerable.

Provided and/or discovered by
Buckaroo Banzai

Deep Links
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Secunia Advisory SA9520

MDaemon Allows Relaying Using Blank Passwords

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