CVE-2001-0442 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in Mercury MTA POP3 server for NetWare 1.48 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long APOP command.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 7.2% 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:david_harris:mercury_nlm:1.45:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:mercury_nlm:1.46:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:mercury_nlm:1.47:::::::*

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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-2001-0439	Buffer overflow in Mercury MTA POP3 server for NetWare 1.48 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long APOP command.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07238.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0378.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/179217
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6444.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2641

History

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Subscriptions

David Harris Mercury Nlm

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:21:38.448Z

Reserved: 2001-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0442

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-06-27T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-0442

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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