Gattaca Server POP3 denial of service

gattaca-pop3-dos (16703) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

Gattaca Server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a vulenrability in the POP3 service. A remote authenticated authenticated attacker could issue specially-crafted LIST, RETR, and UIDL commands to cause the server to crash.

Platforms Affected:

  • GeeOS Team, Gattaca Server 2003 1.1.10.0

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 13, 2008.

Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

  • Dr_insane Security Advisory 07/15/2004, Gattaca Server 2003 (1.1.10.0) at http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/Gattaca%20Server%202003.txt.
  • BID-10728: Gattaca Server 2003 Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2004-2520: POP3 protocol in Gattaca Server 2003 1.1.10.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large numeric value in the (1) LIST, (2) RETR, or (3) UIDL commands.
  • CVE-2004-2521: Mail server in Gattaca Server 2003 1.1.10.0 allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (application crash) via a large number of connections to TCP port (1) 25 (SMTP) or (2) 110 (POP).
  • OSVDB ID: 7925: Gattaca Server 2003 POP3 DoS
  • SA12071: Gattaca Server 2003 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1010703: Gattaca Server Multiple Input Validation Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service, Determine System Information, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks

Reported:

Jul 15, 2004

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