First published: Tue Nov 14 2000(Updated: )
Ipswitch Imail 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections in which a long Host: header is sent, which causes a thread to crash.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Ipswitch IMail | =6.00 |
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CVE-2000-0825 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability due to its potential to crash the server.
The best fix for CVE-2000-0825 is to upgrade to a newer version of Ipswitch IMail that patches this vulnerability.
Attackers can exploit CVE-2000-0825 by sending numerous connections with lengthy Host: headers, leading to server crashes.
CVE-2000-0825 specifically affects Ipswitch IMail version 6.0.
The main symptom of CVE-2000-0825 exploitation is a denial of service, where the server becomes unresponsive.