CVE-2009-3749

Published: Oct 22, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

5.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

The Web Administrator service (STEMWADM.EXE) in Websense Personal Email Manager 7.1 before Hotfix 4 and Email Security 7.1 before Hotfix 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a HTTP GET request to TCP port 8181 and closing the socket before the service can send a response.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

websense

commercial·US

email securityOn-premSecurity Product

Security Products / secure-gateway-vpn

personal email managerOn-premDesktop App

Security Products

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

http://kb.websense.com/article.aspx?article=4786&p=12

kb.websense.com

http://kb.websense.com/display/4/kb/article.aspx?aid=4786

kb.websense.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/37091

secunia.com

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