PT-2004-1753 · Popclient · Popclient

Dean White + 1 · Published 2004-07-13 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0666

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions popclient version 3.0b6

Description The issue is caused by an off-by-one error in the POP3 readmsg function, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This is achieved by sending an e-mail message with a specific line length, which leads to a buffer overflow.

Recommendations For popclient version 3.0b6, consider applying a patch or fix to address the off-by-one error in the POP3 readmsg function to prevent the buffer overflow and subsequent denial of service.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0666

Affected Products

Popclient

References · 6

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/10625 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0666 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108852915403293&w=2 · Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/023147.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16538 · Note
• http://grok.org.uk/advisories/popclient.html · Note