# CVE-2004-2495: The (1) Webmail, (2) admin, and (3) SMTP services in Ability Mail Server 1.18 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consu

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-10-25 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The (1) Webmail, (2) admin, and (3) SMTP services in Ability Mail Server 1.18 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of simultaneous connections to the service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/12039
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16677
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10695
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010672
- http://www.osvdb.org/7719
- http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/Ability_mail_server_1.18.txt

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