CVE-2004-2501 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in the IMAP service of MailEnable Professional Edition 1.52 and Enterprise Edition 1.01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long command string or (2) a long string to the MEIMAP service and then terminating the connection.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.6101.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:1.01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.52:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Mailenable Subscribe	Mailenable Enterprise Subscribe Mailenable Professional Subscribe

Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-11/0349.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/13318
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012327
http://www.hat-squad.com/en/000102.html
http://www.osvdb.org/12135
http://www.osvdb.org/12136
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11755
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18285
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18286

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-25T08:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:29:13.868Z

Reserved: 2005-10-25T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2501

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-2501

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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