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MailEnable HTTPMail Service Authorization Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for Authorization Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in MailEnable HTTPMail Service

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The target is running at least one instance of MailEnable -
http://www.mailenable.com/ - that has a flaw in the HTTPMail service
(MEHTTPS.exe) in the Professional and Enterprise Editions. The flaw
can be exploited by issuing an HTTP request with a malformed
Authorization header, which causes a buffer overflow in HTTPMail
service.
Successful exploitation will result in code execution on the remote
host.

Solution : Apply hotfix : HTTPMail Fix - For MailEnable Professional
and Enterprise (65k) - 22nd April 2005.
See also : http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 13350

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Tenable Network Security

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