ALT-N MDaemon < 9.6.1 DomainPOP Malformed Message DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4118

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is running the Alt-N MDaemon mail server. This is a mail server for the Microsoft Windows platform. This version of MDaemon is vulnerable to a flaw where a remote attacker can cause the mail service to crash. An attacker exploiting this flaw would only need to be able to connect to the POP3 port of the server (typically 110). Successful exploitation would result in services being denied to valid users.

Solution

Upgrade to version 9.6.1 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4118

Family: POP Server

Published: 7/6/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 25683

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/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:alt-n:mdaemon

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3622

BID: 24787

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