CVE-2001-0442

Buffer overflow in Mercury MTA POP3 server for NetWare 1.48 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long APOP command.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0378.html	Vendor Advisory
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/179217
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6444.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2641	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0378.html	Vendor Advisory
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/179217
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6444.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2641	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:mercury_nlm:1.45:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:mercury_nlm:1.46:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:mercury_nlm:1.47:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2001-06-27 04:00

Updated : 2026-06-16 21:54

NVD link : CVE-2001-0442

Mitre link : CVE-2001-0442

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2001-0442

JSON object : View

Products Affected

david_harris

mercury_nlm

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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