CVE-2008-0859: Medium severity kerio mailserver vulnerability

Published Feb 21, 2008
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Updated

Unspecified vulnerability in Kerio MailServer before 6.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to decoding of uuencoded input, which triggers memory corruption.

Affected Software

30 affected components
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.6.5
Kerio Kerio MailServer=6.3.1
Kerio Kerio MailServer=6.0.9
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.7.0
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.1.1
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.7.3
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.7.8
Kerio Kerio MailServer=6.4.1
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.6.4
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.6.3
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.7.7
Kerio Kerio MailServer=6.4.2
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.7.2
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.7.5
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.7.9
Kerio Kerio MailServer=6.1.3
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.7.4
Kerio Kerio MailServer=6.0.4
Kerio Kerio MailServer=6.0.2
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.7.1
Kerio Kerio MailServer=6.2.2
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.1
Kerio Kerio MailServer=6.0.10
Kerio Kerio MailServer=6.0
Kerio Kerio MailServer=6.4.0
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.7.10
Kerio Kerio MailServer=6.0.1
Kerio Kerio MailServer=6.0.3
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.0
Kerio Kerio MailServer=5.7.6

Event History

Feb 21, 2008
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Description
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0859?

CVE-2008-0859 is a high severity vulnerability that can lead to a denial of service condition in Kerio MailServer.

2

How do I fix CVE-2008-0859?

To mitigate CVE-2008-0859, upgrade Kerio MailServer to version 6.5.0 or later.

3

What versions of Kerio MailServer are affected by CVE-2008-0859?

CVE-2008-0859 affects Kerio MailServer versions 5.0 to 6.4.2.

4

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2008-0859?

CVE-2008-0859 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability due to memory corruption.

5

Who is affected by CVE-2008-0859?

Any organization using the affected versions of Kerio MailServer prior to version 6.5.0 is at risk from CVE-2008-0859.

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