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SurgeMail < 3.9g2-2 IMAP Command Handling Unspecified DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4555

Synopsis

The remote mail server is prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote mail server is prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability. According to its banner, the remote host is running a version of SurgeMail Mail Server older than 3.9g2. Such versions are reportedly affected by a remote denial of service vulnerability when handling certain IMAP commands. An attacker can leverage this issue to crash the remote application.

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.9g2-2 or higher.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496482

http://www.netwinsite.com/surgemail/help/updates.htm

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4555

Family: SMTP Servers

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 33277

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:netwin:surgemail

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2859

BID: 29805