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[SA20905] CommuniGate Pro POP Service Empty Inbox Denial of Service

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Jul 03 2006 - 05:47:04 CDT


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TITLE:
CommuniGate Pro POP Service Empty Inbox Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20905

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
CommuniGate Pro 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/7170/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in CommuniGate Pro, which can be
exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the POP
service when a client opens an empty inbox. This can be exploited via
a specially crafted mail client to crash the service.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 5.1c2.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

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