CVE-2000-0583 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

vchkpw program in vpopmail before version 4.8 does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string used in a call to syslog, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a USER or PASS command that contains arbitrary formatting directives.

Published: 2000-10-13

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:inter7:vpopmail_vchkpw:4.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:inter7:vpopmail_vchkpw:4.7:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0579	vchkpw program in vpopmail before version 4.8 does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string used in a call to syslog, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a USER or PASS command that contains arbitrary formatting directives.

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 0.00739.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1418
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=395BD2A8.5D3396A7%40secureaustin.com
http://www.vpopmail.cx/vpopmail-ChangeLog

History

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Subscriptions

Inter7 Vpopmail Vchkpw

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:31.264Z

Reserved: 2000-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0583

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-06-30T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2000-0583

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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