CVE-2002-2357 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash MailEnable mail server by sending a long USER string, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-2357?
CVE-2002-2357 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mailenable Mailenable, published on 29 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
MailEnable 1.5 015 through 1.5 018 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long USER string, possibly due to a buffer overflow.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2357?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mailenable Mailenable.
How do I fix CVE-2002-2357?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2357 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-2357 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-2357 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-cpg3-5g4r-7vjm.