CVE-1999-1224

IMAP 4.1 BETA, and possibly other versions, does not properly handle the SIGABRT (abort) signal, which allows local users to crash the server (imapd) via certain sequences of commands, which causes a core dump that may contain sensitive password information.

CVSS v2.0 3.6 LOW

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CVSS v2.0 : LOW

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87635124302928&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/349

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imapd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imapd:4.1:::::::*

Information

Published : 1997-10-07 21:00

Updated : 2017-12-18 18:29

NVD link : CVE-1999-1224

Mitre link : CVE-1999-1224

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

university_of_washington

imapd

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