CVE-2000-0909 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in the automatic mail checking component of Pine 4.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long From: header.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11039.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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:pine:4.0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.21:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
University Of Washington Subscribe	Pine Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:59.pine.asc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0441.html
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-073.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-102.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/84901
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1709
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5283
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0909

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0909

Thu, 22 May 2025 04:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0909 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0909

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-01-22T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:37:31.349Z

Reserved: 2000-11-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-0909

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2000-12-19T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2000-0909

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2000-09-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2000-0909 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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