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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.