CVE-2000-0583 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in vpopmail by sending crafted USER or PASS commands with format string directives.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-0583?
CVE-2000-0583 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Oct 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0583?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Inter7 Vpopmail Vchkpw.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0583?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0583 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2000-0583 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0583 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2ffp-463q-9cmj.