CVE-2024-24736 Denial of service in n/a
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service by sending a long string to the POP3 service, potentially rebooting the system.
- 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-2024-24736?
CVE-2024-24736 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The POP3 service in YahooPOPs (aka YPOPs!) 1.6 allows a remote denial of service (reboot) via a long string to TCP port 110, a related issue to CVE-2004-1558.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-24736?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ypopsemail Ypops\!.
How do I fix CVE-2024-24736?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-24736 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-2024-24736 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-24736 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jf97-8p4h-gh74.