Outlook Express POP Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:252

Info

Outlook Express POP Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 252
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-1999-1033
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 11 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 12:16AM
Credit: This vulnerability was published in the BUGTRAQ mailing list by Miquel van Smoorenburg <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3120
Microsoft Outlook Express 4.27.3110
Not Vulnerable: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612

Exploit / POC

Outlook Express POP Denial of Service Vulnerability

Include a few thousand lines like this in an email and the bug will trigger:

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Solution / Fix

Outlook Express POP Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
You must remove the message using some other POP3 email program or remove it manually at the server.

References

Outlook Express POP Denial of Service Vulnerability

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