Title: INweb Mail Server Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
INweb Mail Server is a commercial SMTP and POP server for the Microsoft Windows platform.
It is reported that INweb Mail Server contains a denial of service vulnerability in its connection handling code.
If an attacker is able to create many connections per second to either the SMTP or POP service, it is reported that the application will crash. Approximately 600 connections per second are required to successfully crash the application.
A remote attacker is able to crash the application, denying service to legitimate users.
Version 2.40 is reported vulnerable to this issue. Other versions may also be vulnerable.
Affected Products:
- INweb ApS Mail Server 2.40.0
References:
- INweb ApS: INweb Mail Server Home Page
- dr_insane: InWebMAil 2.40 server Denial of Service
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