CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-1198

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2001-08-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-08-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-667

Description

qpopper POP server creates lock files with predictable names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service for other users (lack of mail access) by creating lock files for other mail boxes.

Affected configurations

• qualcomm qpopper 2.53 • qualcomm qpopper 3.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-667 Improper Locking weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-412 Unrestricted Externally Accessible Lock weakness
  • CWE-667 Improper Locking weakness

References