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>> SurgeMail Webmail "Host" Header Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : SurgeMail Webmail "Host" Header Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-4245
CVE ID : CVE-2007-6457
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-12-18
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A vulnerability has been identified in SurgeMail, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the webmail module when processing an overly long "Host" header, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerable server, creating a denial of service condiiton.
Affected Products
SurgeMail version 38k4 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4245
http://retrogod.altervista.org/rgod_surgemail_crash.html
Credits
Vulnerability reported by rgod.
ChangeLog
2007-12-18 : Initial release
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