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CVE-2006-4364

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the POP3 server in Alt-N Technologies MDaemon before 9.0.6 allow remote attacker

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the POP3 server in Alt-N Technologies MDaemon before 9.0.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long strings that contain '@' characters in the (1) USER and (2) APOP commands.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.69171
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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Affected Products & Versions

1
alt-n mdaemonall versions

Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

1
snort-communityPROTOCOL-POP USER overflow attemptattempted-admin
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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD27 Aug 2006 · 02:04 AM
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