CVE-2006-3277 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the MailEnable SMTP service by sending a HELO command with a null byte, causing a 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-2006-3277?
CVE-2006-3277 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jun 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SMTP service of MailEnable Standard 1.92 and earlier, Professional 2.0 and earlier, and Enterprise 2.0 and earlier before the MESMTPC hotfix, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a HELO command with a null byte in the argument, possibly triggering a length inconsistency or a missing argument.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3277?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mailenable Mailenable Enterprise, Mailenable Mailenable Professional.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3277?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3277 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-2006-3277 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-3277 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r589-x22v-575x.