Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the IMAP server in hMailServer 4.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion or daemon crash) via a long series of IMAP commands.
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
- hMAilServer 4.4.1 - IMAP Command Remote Denial of Service EDB-32229 · dos · Aug 12, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 31480 third-party-advisory
- 30663 vdb-entry
- hmailserver-imap-dos(44429) vdb-entry
- 4155 third-party-advisory
- 20080812 [AJECT] hMailServer 4.4.1 DoS vulnerability mailing-list
- http://www.hmailserver.com/documentation/?page=changelog