PT-2004-3387 · Ability · Ability Mail Server

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-2495

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Ability Mail Server version 1.18

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, by establishing a large number of simultaneous connections to the Webmail, admin, and SMTP services.

Recommendations: For Ability Mail Server version 1.18, consider restricting the number of simultaneous connections to the Webmail, admin, and SMTP services as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of denial of service attacks.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2495

Affected Products

Ability Mail Server

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2495 · Security Note
• http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/Ability_mail_server_1.18.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12039 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1010672 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/10695 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16677 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/7719 · Note