University of Washington POP3/IMAP4 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in University of Washington POP3 and IMAP4. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-0042. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in University of Washington POP3 and IMAP4 (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in University of Washington's implementation of IMAP and POP servers.

The weakness was shared 04/07/1997 (Website). The advisory is available at packetstormsecurity.nl. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0042. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10125 (UoW IMAP/POP server_login() Function Remote Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 50016 (University of Washington's IMAP Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1844.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96), Exploit-DB (340), Tenable (10125), OSVDB (11731†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2942†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10125
Nessus Name: UoW IMAP/POP server_login() Function Remote Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1844
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-IMAP authenticate overflow attempt
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Suricata ID: 2102105
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: washington.edu

Advisory: packetstormsecurity.nl
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0042 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0042
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13874
X-Force: 96
OSVDB: 11731 - UoW IMAP/POP server_login() Function Remote Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 2942 - Buffer Overflow in University of Washington\x27s Implementation of IMAP and POP Servers, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 01:13
Updated: 04/16/2026 17:41
Changes: 06/18/2014 01:13 (68), 05/17/2019 07:26 (6), 11/21/2024 15:47 (17), 10/28/2025 03:56 (2), 04/16/2026 17:41 (1)
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