PT-2002-1924 · Double Precision · Double Precision Courier

Published 2002-10-04 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-0914

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Double Precision Courier e-mail MTA (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, by sending a message with an extremely large or negative value for the year. This causes the system to enter a tight loop.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0914

Affected Products

Double Precision Courier

References · 8

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4908 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-0914 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0914 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-0914 · Vendor Advisory
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/9228.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0914 · Security Note
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=93065 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/5052 · Note