CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-2461

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in pop3.c in gnubiff before version 2.0.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes service disruption and potential remote code execution, leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade gnubiff to version 2.0.0 or later, which addresses this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in pop3.c in gnubiff before 2.0.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

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