Description
Kernel/System/EmailParser.pm in PostmasterPOP3.pl in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) before 2.2.7 does not properly handle e-mail messages containing malformed UTF-8 characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (e-mail retrieval outage) via a crafted message.
Published: 2011-03-18
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-7233 Kernel/System/EmailParser.pm in PostmasterPOP3.pl in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) before 2.2.7 does not properly handle e-mail messages containing malformed UTF-8 characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (e-mail retrieval outage) via a crafted message.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T21:56:46.597Z

Reserved: 2011-03-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7280

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Status : Modified

Published: 2011-03-18T16:55:01.437

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2008-7280

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