CVE-2005-2223 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 12 Jul 2005 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can crash the MailEnable SMTP service during authentication, causing a denial of service.

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-2005-2223?

CVE-2005-2223 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Jul 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unknown vulnerability in the SMTP service in MailEnable Standard before 1.9 and Professional before 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) during authentication.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2223?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mailenable Mailenable Professional, Mailenable Mailenable Standard.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2223?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2223 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-2005-2223 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2223 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5874-jrx9-mcpx.