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http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144228 CVE-2002-2338
Netscape 4.x/6.x / Mozilla 0.9.x - Malformed Email POP3 Denial of Service
Record summary
CVE-2002-2338 has a selected CVSS score of 5.0; EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.
Description
The POP3 mail client in Mozilla 1.0 and earlier, and Netscape Communicator 4.7 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (no new mail) via a mail message containing a dot (.) at a newline, which is interpreted as the end of the message.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 1
Proofs of concept
1Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBNetscape 4.x/6.x / Mozilla 0.9.x - Malformed Email POP3 Denial of ServiceExploitDB exploitby eldre8Not analyzed1 file
References
8mozilla.orgConfirmation
http://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html 20020612 Another small DoS on Mozilla <= 1.0 through pop3mailing list
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276628 mozilla-netscape-pop3-dos(9343)vdb entry
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9343.php MDKSA-2002:074Vendor advisory
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:074 20020614 Another small DoS on Mozilla <= 1.0 through pop3mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276946 5002vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5002 nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2338