CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1511

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
2.17%

80th percentile - higher than 80% of all known CVEs

Summary

Version 1.11 of Xtramail contains buffer overflow vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary commands. The attack can be carried out through long PASS commands in the POP3 service, HELO commands in the SMTP service, or long usernames in the Control Service.

Risk Assessment

The organization may experience service outages and the risk of unauthorized command execution, which could lead to serious security implications.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Xtramail to the latest version to mitigate these vulnerabilities and to monitor logs for potential attack attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflows in Xtramail 1.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via (1) a long PASS command in the POP3 service, (2) a long HELO command in the SMTP service, or (3) a long user name in the Control Service.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS