CVE-2004-2495

high

Description

The (1) Webmail, (2) admin, and (3) SMTP services in Ability Mail Server 1.18 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of simultaneous connections to the service.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16677

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10695

http://www.osvdb.org/7719

http://securitytracker.com/id?1010672

http://secunia.com/advisories/12039

http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/Ability_mail_server_1.18.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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