CVE-2004-2460 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the gnubiff email notification client by sending an infinite UIDL list, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-2460?
CVE-2004-2460 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unknown vulnerability in POP3 in gnubiff before 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an "infinite" Unique IDentification Listing (UIDL) list.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2460?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Gnubiff.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2460?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2004-2460 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2460 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2460, GHSA-jc3q-h6j6-c49r.