CVE-2000-0320 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Qpopper 2.53 and 3.0 does not properly identify the \n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 1023 characters long and ends in \n.

Published: 2000-10-13

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

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:qualcomm:qpopper:2.53:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:sun:cobalt_raq_2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:sun:cobalt_raq_3i::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0319	Qpopper 2.53 and 3.0 does not properly identify the \n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 1023 characters long and ends in \n.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00688.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1133
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=9763.000421%40SECURITY.NNOV.RU

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Qualcomm Qpopper

Sun Cobalt Raq 2 Cobalt Raq 3i

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:14:21.359Z

Reserved: 2000-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0320

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-04-21T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0320

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2000-04-21T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Qpopper 2.53 and 3.0 does not properly identify the \\n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 1023 characters long and ends in \\n."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2005-11-02T10:00:00.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "20000421 unsafe fgets() in qpopper", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=9763.000421%40SECURITY.NNOV.RU"}, {"name": "1133", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1133"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2000-0320", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Qpopper 2.53 and 3.0 does not properly identify the \\n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 1023 characters long and ends in \\n."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "20000421 unsafe fgets() in qpopper", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=9763.000421@SECURITY.NNOV.RU"}, {"name": "1133", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1133"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T05:14:21.359Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "20000421 unsafe fgets() in qpopper", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=9763.000421%40SECURITY.NNOV.RU"}, {"name": "1133", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1133"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2000-0320", "datePublished": "2000-10-13T04:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2000-05-11T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T05:14:21.359Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:2.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "B223F362-D00F-4D93-8328-33FF1CE331EA", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "B1208414-D175-41E2-BCBC-9E5EDBC41FFD", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:h:sun:cobalt_raq_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "0F6DDD9F-5C58-4092-BF3D-332E2E566182", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:h:sun:cobalt_raq_3i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "0C1E1872-D16C-4848-800C-32B80DD59494", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Qpopper 2.53 and 3.0 does not properly identify the \\n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 1023 characters long and ends in \\n."}], "id": "CVE-2000-0320", "lastModified": "2026-04-16T00:27:16.627", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 5.0, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2000-04-21T04:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit", "Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1133"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=9763.000421%40SECURITY.NNOV.RU"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit", "Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1133"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=9763.000421%40SECURITY.NNOV.RU"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}