CVE-2005-1249

Description

The IMAP daemon (IMAPD32.EXE) in Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an LSUB command with a large number of null characters, which causes an infinite loop.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.05% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory idefense.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im82hf2.html	patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13727	vdb entry
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=245&type=vulnerabilities	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014047	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1249?: CVE-2005-1249 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1249?: To fix CVE-2005-1249, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-1249 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-1249 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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