Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-1197

Title: POP2/POP3 server predictable lock file names DoS

Denial of Service

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2000-1197.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 31, 2001

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-1197: POP2 or POP3 server (pop3d) in imap-uw IMAP package on FreeBSD and other operating systems creates lock files with predictable names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (lack of mail access) for other users by creating lock files for other mail boxes.

Impacted Vendors

university_of_washington 1

cyrus 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:15.imap-uw.asc http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95624629924545&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1132 ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:15.imap-uw.asc http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95624629924545&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1132

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-1197 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 31, 2001 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.