Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the webmail feature in SurgeMail 38k4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long Host header.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Surgemail 38k4 - webmail Host header Denial of Service EDB-4748 · dos · Dec 18, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 28142 third-party-advisory
- surgemail-hostheader-dos(39087) vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-4245 vdb-entry
- 20071217 SurgeMail v.38k4 webmail Host header crash mailing-list
- 3464 third-party-advisory
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/rgod_surgemail_crash.html
- 26901 vdb-entry