CVE-2004-2503 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash INweb Mail Server by flooding POP3 and SMTP services with connection requests, 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-2004-2503?
CVE-2004-2503 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Oct 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
INweb Mail Server 2.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connect/disconnect actions to the (1) POP3 and (2) SMTP services.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2503?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Inweb Mail Server.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2503?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2503 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-2004-2503 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2503 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j3wc-p3gm-2hvr.