CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU gnubiff up to 1.4.0. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unknown vulnerability in POP3 in gnubiff before 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an "infinite" Unique IDentification Listing (UIDL) list.
The weakness was disclosed 09/06/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2460 since 08/20/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
Upgrading to version 2.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (17282). The entry 23348 is pretty similar.
Product
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Version
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: gnubiff 2.0.0
Timeline
09/06/2004 🔍09/06/2004 🔍
09/07/2004 🔍
12/31/2004 🔍
08/20/2005 🔍
03/09/2015 🔍
03/09/2015 🔍
Sources
Vendor: gnu.orgAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2004-2460 (🔍)
X-Force: 17282 - gnubiff POP3 UIDL denial of service
SecurityFocus: 11123 - gnubiff Multiple Remote POP3 Protocol Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 12445
OSVDB: 9731 - gnubiff POP3 uidl Saturation DoS
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Entry
Created: 03/09/2015 16:55Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (60)
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