CVE-2005-0738 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated users can cause a denial of service in Microsoft Exchange Server by deleting or moving folders with deeply nested subfolders.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-0738?
CVE-2005-0738 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, published on 13 Mar 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Stack consumption vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP1 allows users to cause a denial of service (hang) by deleting or moving a folder with deeply nested subfolders, which causes Microsoft Exchange Information Store service (Store.exe) to hang as a result of a large number of recursive calls.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0738?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Exchange Server.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0738?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0738 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-2005-0738 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0738 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2021-34523 Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2023-21529 Microsoft Exchange Server Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2v2x-9xmf-m2f7.