fkie_cve-2002-2338
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2002-12-31 05:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
The POP3 mail client in Mozilla 1.0 and earlier, and Netscape Communicator 4.7 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (no new mail) via a mail message containing a dot (.) at a newline, which is interpreted as the end of the message.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144228
cve@mitre.orghttp://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276628
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9343.php
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:074
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276946
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5002Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144228
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276628
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9343.php
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:074
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276946
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5002Exploit, Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla mozilla 0.9.2
mozilla mozilla 0.9.2.1
mozilla mozilla 0.9.3
mozilla mozilla 0.9.4
mozilla mozilla 0.9.4.1
mozilla mozilla 0.9.5
mozilla mozilla 0.9.6
mozilla mozilla 0.9.7
mozilla mozilla 0.9.8
mozilla mozilla 0.9.9
mozilla mozilla 1.0
mozilla mozilla 1.0
mozilla mozilla 1.0
netscape communicator 4.0
netscape communicator 4.4
netscape communicator 4.5
netscape communicator 4.06
netscape communicator 4.6
netscape communicator 4.07
netscape communicator 4.7
netscape communicator 4.08
netscape communicator 4.51
netscape communicator 4.61
netscape communicator 4.72
netscape communicator 4.73
netscape communicator 4.74
netscape communicator 4.75
netscape communicator 4.76
netscape communicator 4.77
netscape navigator 6.0
netscape navigator 6.0
netscape navigator 6.01
netscape navigator 6.1
netscape navigator 6.2
netscape navigator 6.2.1
netscape navigator 6.2.2


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