CVE-2000-0583 (GCVE-0-2000-0583)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-10-13 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 05:21
VLAI
Summary
vchkpw program in vpopmail before version 4.8 does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string used in a call to syslog, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a USER or PASS command that contains arbitrary formatting directives.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.vpopmail.cx/vpopmail-ChangeLog x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1418 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pi… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2000-06-30 00:00
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