GoodTech < 5.15 SMTP RCPT TO: Single Character DoS (deprecated)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3009

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is running the GoodTech SMTP server. This version of Goodtech is vulnerable to a remote Denial of Service (DoS) attack. An attacker sending a single character as an argument to the 'RCPT TO:' value, will cause the server to crash.

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.15 or higher.

See Also

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034457.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3009

Family: SMTP Servers

Published: 6/7/2005

Updated: 9/16/2018

Nessus ID: 18433

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1013, CVE-2005-1015, CVE-2005-1931

BID: 13888, 12994