Description
The IMAP server in Softalk Mail Server (formerly WorkgroupMail) 8.5.1.431 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and daemon crash) via a long IMAP APPEND command with certain repeated parameters.
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
- Softalk Mail Server 8.5.1 - 'APPEND' Remote Denial of Service EDB-32310 · dos · Sep 2, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 30970 vdb-entry
- 4238 third-party-advisory
- 20080902 [AJECT] Softalk IMAP Server 8.5.1 DoS vulnerability mailing-list
- softalkmailserver-imap-dos(44862) vdb-entry
- 31715 third-party-advisory