CVE-2005-3813 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published 26 Nov 2005 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote authenticated attackers can crash the MailEnable IMAP service by sending a RENAME command for a non-existent mailbox.

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-2005-3813?

CVE-2005-3813 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Nov 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IMAP service (meimaps.exe) of MailEnable Professional 1.7 and Enterprise 1.1 allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by using RENAME with a non-existent mailbox, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3690.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3813?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mailenable Mailenable Enterprise, Mailenable Mailenable Professional.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3813?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3813 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-2005-3813 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-3813 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5hpm-j5wf-6662.