IPSwitch IMail 6.x/7.0.x - Web Calendaring Incomplete Post Denial of Service

Author: anonymous
type: dos
platform: windows
port: 
date_added: 2002-07-30 
date_updated: 2012-10-02 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2002-1077;OSVDB-9101 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5365/info

IMail is a commercial email server software package distributed and maintained by Ipswitch, Incorporated. IMail is available for Microsoft Operating Systems.

When a HTTP POST command is made to the web calendaring service on port 8484, and the "content-length:" header field is blank, the service becomes unstable. It has been reported that such a transaction with the service results in a crash of the iwebcal service.

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by submitting the following request to a vulnerable server:

POST / HTTP/1.0