CVE-2004-2461 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2005-08-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.0% 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.0.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnubiff:1.4.0:::::::*

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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-2004-2452	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.

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 0.0101.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://gnubiff.sourceforge.net/changelog.php
http://secunia.com/advisories/12445
http://www.osvdb.org/9731
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11123
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17282

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Gnubiff

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-20T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:29:13.377Z

Reserved: 2005-08-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2461

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-2461

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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