CVE-2010-2580

Description

The SMTP service (MESMTPC.exe) in MailEnable 3.x and 4.25 does not properly perform a length check, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long (1) email address in the MAIL FROM command, or (2) domain name in the RCPT TO command, which triggers an "unhandled invalid parameter error."

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.17% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory mailenable.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mailenable.com/Standard-ReleaseNotes.txt
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024427 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43182 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/513648/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.mailenable.com/Professional-ReleaseNotes.txt
http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/ patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-112/ vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41175 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mailenable.com/Enterprise-ReleaseNotes.txt

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2580?
CVE-2010-2580 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2580?
To fix CVE-2010-2580, 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-2010-2580 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-2580 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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