CVE-2008-3449 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash MailEnable Professional and Enterprise servers by sending multiple IMAP connection requests to the same folder.
- 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-2008-3449?
CVE-2008-3449 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mailenable Mailenable, published on 4 Aug 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
MailEnable Professional 3.5.2 and Enterprise 3.52 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via multiple IMAP connection requests to the same folder.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3449?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mailenable Mailenable.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3449?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3449 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-2008-3449 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3449 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-89h8-q7jq-33gw.