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CVE-1999-1224

Low
3.6/10

Summary

IMAP 4.1 BETA, and possibly other versions, does not properly handle the SIGABRT (abort) signal, which allows local users to crash the server (imapd) via certain sequences of commands, which causes a core dump that may contain sensitive password information.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published