Gattaca Server POP3 denial of service
| gattaca-pop3-dos (16703) |  Medium 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.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- Dr_insane Security Advisory 07/15/2004: Gattaca Server 2003 (1.1.10.0).
- 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
Platforms Affected:
- GeeOS Team Gattaca Server 2003 1.1.10.0
Reported:
Jul 15, 2004
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