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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Alt-N MDaemon Multiple Buffer Overflows

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks the remote version of Mdaemon

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running Alt-N MDaemon, an SMTP/IMAP server for the Windows
operating system family.
It is reported that versions up to and including 6.5.1 are prone to multiple
buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

A possible hacker may cause a denial of service execute arbitrary code on the
remote server.

The attacker needs to authenticate in order to exploit these vulnerabilities
against the IMAP server but it doesn't need to do so against the SMTP server.

Solution : Upgrade to MDaemon 6.5.2 or newer
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 11238

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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