CVE-2005-1249 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the IMAP daemon (IMAPD32.EXE) of Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS). An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending an LSUB command containing numerous null characters, leading to an infinite loop and high CPU consumption. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, resulting in a denial of service. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV entry, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness despite its age.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ipswitch_collaboration_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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