MERCUR < 2005 SP4 Multiple Remote DoS

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3655

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is running the Atrium Software MERCUR mail server, a POP3, SMTP and IMAP server. This version of MERCUR is vulnerable to a number of flaws in the way that it handles user-supplied commands. Some of the commands do not require prior authentication. An attacker exploiting these flaws would be able to cause the MERCUR server to fail. Successful exploitation would result in the loss of availability.

Solution

Upgrade to version 2005 SP4 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 3655

Family: POP Server

Published: 6/16/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:atrium_software:mercur_messaging_2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-7038, CVE-2006-7039, CVE-2006-7040, CVE-2006-7041

BID: 18462

Detections

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