CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-1177

7.5 HIGH Published 2003-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2003-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Buffer overflow in the base64 decoder in MERCUR Mailserver 4.2 before SP3a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) AUTH command to the POP3 server or (2) AUTHENTICATE command to the IMAP server.

Affected configurations

• atrium software mercur mailserver 3.3 • atrium software mercur mailserver 3.3 sp1 • atrium software mercur mailserver 3.3 sp2 • atrium software mercur mailserver 4.1 • atrium software mercur mailserver 4.1 sp1 • atrium software mercur mailserver 4.2 • atrium software mercur mailserver 4.2 sp1 • atrium software mercur mailserver 4.2 sp2

References