CVE-2008-1275 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the MailEnable SMTP service by sending crafted EXPN or VRFY commands, 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-2008-1275?
CVE-2008-1275 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the SMTP service in MailEnable Standard Edition 1.x, Professional Edition 3.x and earlier, and Enterprise Edition 3.x and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted (1) EXPN or (2) VRFY commands.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1275?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Mailenable Mailenable Enterprise, Mailenable Mailenable Professional, Mailenable Mailenable Standard.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1275?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1275 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-2008-1275 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1275 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c4r6-rp99-5pgq.