CVE-2002-2338 (GCVE-0-2002-2338)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-29 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276946 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276628 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?n… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE |
| http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144228 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5002 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9343.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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