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CVE-2001-0996
Published: Feb 2, 2002
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
POP3Lite before 0.2.4 does not properly quote a . (dot) in an email message, which could allow a remote attacker to append arbitrary text to the end of an email message, which could then be interpreted by various mail clients as valid POP server responses or other input that could cause clients to crash or otherwise behave unexpectedly.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
pop3lite-dot-message-injection(7075)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
3278
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
20010902 POP3Lite 0.2.3b minor client side DoS and message injection
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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