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MailEnable HTTPMail Service Authorization Header DoS Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote web server is affected by a denial of service flaw.
Insight
Insight
The remote host is running an instance of MailEnable that has a flaw in the HTTPMail service (MEHTTPS.exe) in the Professional and Enterprise Editions. The flaw can be exploited by issuing an HTTP request with a malformed Authorization header, which causes a NULL pointer dereference error and crashes the HTTPMail service.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to MailEnable Professional / Enterprise 1.19 or later.