CVE-2008-4041 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Softalk Mail Server (formerly WorkgroupMail) version 8.5.1.431. An authenticated remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and a daemon crash by sending a malformed IMAP APPEND command with excessively long and repeated parameters. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a medium severity. It requires authentication (Au:S) and can be exploited over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), leading to partial availability impact (A:P). While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB. There is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.5.1.431CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:softalk_mail_server:softalk_mail_server:8.5.1.431:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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