CVE-2004-1546 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the MDaemon mail server by sending long commands to its SMTP or IMAP services.

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-2004-1546?

CVE-2004-1546 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple buffer overflows in MDaemon 6.5.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long (1) SAML, SOML, SEND, or MAIL command to the SMTP server or (2) LIST command to the IMAP server.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1546?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Alt-N Mdaemon.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1546?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1546 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2004-1546 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1546 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8759-27fj-j6m6.

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