Vulnerability Name:

CCN-573

Published:1997-09-01
Updated:1997-09-01
Summary:The imap daemon is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. An attacker with shell access to the server running imapd can prevent all other users from picking up their mail.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, 1997-07-15 18:51:57
pine/imap user-specific DoS Re: World writable PID w/Linux ipop3d (RedHat 4.2)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
imapd-dos(573)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sco:unix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    ibm aix *
    hp hp-ux *
    linux linux kernel *
    sun solaris *
    sco unix *