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Eserv Non-Terminated Connection Saturation DoS

high Nessus Plugin ID 11619

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Synopsis

The remote server has a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running Eserv HTTP/SMTP/FTP server.

According to its version number, there is a memory leak in this software which allows any attacker to consume all the available memory on this host by making repeated requests to this service.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://seclists.org/vulnwatch/2003/q2/66

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 11619

File Name: eserv_mem_leak.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: remote

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/12/2003

Updated: 1/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Manually scored based on the nature of the vulnerability.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

Vulnerability Information

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2003