MailEnable SMTP Connector Service DNS MX Response DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14712

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Synopsis

The remote host has a application that is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the remote host is running at least one instance of MailEnable's SMTP Connector service. A flaw exists in both the Standard Edition 1.7x and Professional Edition 1.2x/1.5a-e that results in this service crashing if it receives a DNS response with over 100 MX records. A remote attacker can exploit this to perform a DoS attack against the SMTP server on the target.

Solution

Upgrade to MailEnable Standard Edition 1.8 / Professional Edition 1.5e or greater.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14712

File Name: mailenable_smtp_dos.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: remote

Family: SMTP problems

Published: 9/13/2004

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mailenable:mailenable

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2004

Reference Information

BID: 11144

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