CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1558

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in YPOPs! (aka YahooPOPS) 0.4 through 0.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) POP3 USER command or (2) SMTP request.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes service disruption (DoS) and potential remote code execution, which could lead to system compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately update YPOPs! to the latest available version or apply a security patch. If updating is not possible, consider restricting access to the service to trusted networks only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in YPOPs! (aka YahooPOPS) 0.4 through 0.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) POP3 USER command or (2) SMTP request.

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