CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1516

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in DMail 3.1a allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication, read log files, and shut down the system by sending a sendlog command with an incorrect password hash, which is not properly handled by the _cmd_sendlog function.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive log data and cause a denial of service by remotely shutting down the system.

Recommendation

Immediately update DMail to a version not affected by this vulnerability or apply available security patches.

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Original NVD description (English source)

DList (dlist.exe) in DMail 3.1a allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, read log files, and shutdown the system via a sendlog command with an incorrect password hash, which is not properly handled by the _cmd_sendlog function.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS