Kerio MailServer < 6.0.10 Unspecified Admin Web Interface DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2873

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Kerio MailServer prior to 6.0.10.

There is a flaw in the remote version of this server that would allow an attacker to exhaust resources on the administrative web interface. While the details of the flaw are unknown, it is alledged that an attacker can launch the attack without any credentials and render the target service unavailable.

Solution

Upgrade to Kerio MailServer 6.0.10 or higher.

See Also

http://www.kerio.com/kms_history.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2873

Family: SMTP Servers

Published: 5/2/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 18256, 18184

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:kerio:kerio_mailserver

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1062, CVE-2005-1063

BID: 13458, 13616