Netscape Messaging email verification email harvesting
| netscape-messaging-email-verify (5364) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Netscape Messaging Server version 4.15 could allow a remote attacker to verify valid email addresses of users on the system, due to a vulnerability in the POP3 server. An attacker can use this to obtain all of the valid email addresses on the server for sending spam.
Platforms Affected:
- Netscape, Messaging Server 4.15
Remedy:
No remedy available as of August 16, 2008.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Oct 11 2000 - 16:30:48 CDT, Netscape Messaging server 4.15 poor error strings at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0197.html.
- BID-1787: Netscape Messaging Server Email Address Verification Vulnerability
- CVE-2000-0960: The POP3 server in Netscape Messaging Server 4.15p1 generates different error messages for incorrect user names versus incorrect passwords, which allows remote attackers to determine valid users on the system and harvest email addresses for spam abuse.
Reported:
Oct 11, 2000
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