FKIE_CVE-2001-0996

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2001-09-02 04:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
POP3Lite before 0.2.4 does not properly quote a . (dot) in an email message, which could allow a remote attacker to append arbitrary text to the end of an email message, which could then be interpreted by various mail clients as valid POP server responses or other input that could cause clients to crash or otherwise behave unexpectedly.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0436.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3278Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7075
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0436.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3278Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7075
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pop3lite pop3lite 0.2.3
pop3lite pop3lite 0.2.3b
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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