CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-3838
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-11-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Pegasus Mail (PMail) 4.41 and possibly 4.51 allows remote POP3 servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long error message.
Affected configurations
• pmail pegasus mail 4.41
• pmail pegasus mail 4.51
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://osvdb.org/59261 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37134 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/pegasusmc-dos.txt Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507377/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36797 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023075 Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3026 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/exploits/Pegasus_Mail_POP3_Message_Handling_Remote_Buffer_Overflow_Exploit_3026233.php Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53933 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://osvdb.org/59261 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37134 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/pegasusmc-dos.txt Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507377/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36797 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023075 Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3026 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/exploits/Pegasus_Mail_POP3_Message_Handling_Remote_Buffer_Overflow_Exploit_3026233.php Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53933 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com