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CVE-2008-40411 exploit

The IMAP server in Softalk Mail Server (formerly WorkgroupMail) 8.5.1.431 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (r…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.3%
percentile 84%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

The IMAP server in Softalk Mail Server (formerly WorkgroupMail) 8.5.1.431 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and daemon crash) via a long IMAP APPEND command with certain repeated parameters.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.35% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-32310 Softalk Mail Server 8.5.1 - 'APPEND' Remote Denial of Service · dos · 2008-09-02

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/30970 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securityreason.com /securityalert/4238 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/495896/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/44862 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/31715 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred

Sources

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