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MailEnable SMTP Connector Service SPF Record Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks version of MailEnable's MESMTPC.exe

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote SMTP server is affected by a denial of service flaw.

Description :

The remote host is running MailEnable, a commercial mail server for
Windows.

The SMTP server bundled with the version of MailEnable installed on
the remote host reportedly suffers from a flaw in which SPF lookups
for domains with large records may result in a null pointer exception
in the SMTP service. An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able
to exploit this issue to crash the affected service.

See also :

http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/

Solution :

Apply Hotfix ME-10014.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2.3
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/I:N/A:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 20091

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

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