CVE-2004-2460

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Published Aug 20, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

Unknown vulnerability in POP3 in gnubiff before 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an "infinite" Unique IDentification Listing (UIDL) list.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.4.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2451	Unknown vulnerability in POP3 in gnubiff before 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an "infinite" Unique IDentification Listing (UIDL) list.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.6% (1.634% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://gnubiff.sourceforge.net/changelog.php
http://secunia.com/advisories/12445
http://www.osvdb.org/9731
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11123
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17282

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gnu Gnubiff

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:29 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 20, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:29 AM
Reserved: Aug 20, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:09 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2004, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:09 PM

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