CVE-1999-1445

CVSS 2.0 Score 5.0 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Feb 2, 1998
Updated: Oct 18, 2016

Summary

CVE-1999-1445 is a vulnerability affecting versions of imapd and ipop3d in Slackware 3.4 and 3.3 with shadowing enabled. The issue allows remote attackers to trigger a core dump by sending a specific sequence of USER and PASS commands, even when providing invalid usernames and passwords. This vulnerability may also impact other operating systems. The core dump could potentially be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized access or perform further nefarious activities.

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