CVE-2009-3749

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Published Oct 22, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 7.6% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:websense:email_security:7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:websense:personal_email_manager:7.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 7.6% (7.641% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://kb.websense.com/article.aspx?article=4786&p=12
http://kb.websense.com/display/4/kb/article.aspx?aid=4786
http://secunia.com/advisories/37091
http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2009-002.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507329/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36740
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2987

History

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Subscriptions

Websense Email Security Personal Email Manager

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:38 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 22, 2009, 5:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:38 AM
Reserved: Oct 22, 2009, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:12 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 22, 2009, 5:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:12 PM

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