YahooPOPs 1.6 POP3 Service denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in YahooPOPs 1.6. This affects an unknown part of the component POP3 Service. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-24736. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in YahooPOPs 1.6 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component POP3 Service. 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:

The POP3 service in YahooPOPs (aka YPOPs!) 1.6 allows a remote denial of service (reboot) via a long string to TCP port 110, a related issue to CVE-2004-1558.

The weakness was published 01/29/2024 as 176784. The advisory is shared at packetstormsecurity.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-24736. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-22135). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 176784
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-24736 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-24736
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-252265
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/29/2024 07:15
Updated: 06/21/2025 01:44
Changes: 01/29/2024 07:15 (37), 02/21/2024 09:24 (1), 02/21/2024 09:25 (11), 06/21/2025 01:44 (16)
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