CVE-1999-1224 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IMAP 4.1 BETA, and possibly other versions, does not properly handle the SIGABRT (abort) signal, which allows local users to crash the server (imapd) via certain sequences of commands, which causes a core dump that may contain sensitive password information.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 3.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imapd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imapd:4.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1205	IMAP 4.1 BETA, and possibly other versions, does not properly handle the SIGABRT (abort) signal, which allows local users to crash the server (imapd) via certain sequences of commands, which causes a core dump that may contain sensitive password information.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00173.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87635124302928&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/349

History

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Subscriptions

University Of Washington Imapd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.863Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1224

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1997-10-08T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1224

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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