Kerio MailServer WebMail Viewing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1013708
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1013708
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CVE Reference: GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Apr 14 2005
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 6.0.9
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Kerio MailServer in the WebMail service. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send a specially crafted e-mail message to the target user. Then, when the target user views the e-mail message
using the WebMail service, the service consume excessive CPU resources or crash.
The vendor reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can cause the WebMail service to consume excessive CPU resources or crash.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (6.0.9).
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Vendor URL: www.kerio.com/kms_home.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Exception handling error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Red Hat Enterprise), UNIX (OS X), UNIX (Solaris - SunOS), Windows (2000), Windows (2003), Windows (XP)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 01:08:48 -0400
Subject: http://www.kerio.com/kms_history.html
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> Version 6.0.9 - April 13, 2005
> - fixed possible hang or high CPU usage while viewing certain specific e-mail in
> WebMail
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