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Softalk Mail Server IMAP Denial of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is running Softalk Mail Server, which is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The issue is due to inadequate boundary checks on specially crafted IMAP commands. The service can by crashed sending malicious IMAP command sequences.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Softalk Mail Server versions 8.5.1 and prior on Windows (all).
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Softalk Mail Server version 8.6.0 or later.