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CVE-2008-4041 (GCVE-0-2008-4041)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-11 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30970 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4238 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495896/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/31715 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-09-02 00:00
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