CVE-2006-6291 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can crash the MailEnable IMAP service by sending a long DELETE command with wildcard characters.
- 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-2006-6291?
CVE-2006-6291 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mailenable Mailenable, published on 5 Dec 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Stack overflow in the IMAP module (MEIMAPS.EXE) in MailEnable Professional 1.6 through 1.83 and 2.0 through 2.33, and MailEnable Enterprise 1.1 through 1.40 and 2.0 through 2.33, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long argument containing * (asterisk) and ? (question mark) characters to the DELETE command, as addressed by the ME-10020 hotfix.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6291?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mailenable Mailenable.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6291?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6291 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-2006-6291 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6291 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-mhmj-6fcp-4xr8.