GNU gnubiff up to 1.4.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in GNU gnubiff up to 1.4.0. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2004-2460. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

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 databases at X-Force (17282), SecurityFocus (BID 11123†), OSVDB (9731†) and Secunia (SA12445†). The entry VDB-23348 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: gnubiff 2.0.0

Timelineinfo

09/06/2004 🔍
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09/07/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +115 days 🔍
08/20/2005 +232 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3488 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2460 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2460
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23347
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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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (60)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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