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CVE-2009-3838

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.

Published

2009-11-02T15:30:00.953

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	pmail	pegasus_mail	4.41	Yes
Application	pmail	pegasus_mail	4.51	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/59261 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/37134 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/pegasusmc-dos.txt Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507377/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36797 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023075 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3026 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/exploits/Pegasus_Mail_POP3_Message_Handling_Remote_Buffer_Overflow_Exploit_3026233.php Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53933 ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/59261 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37134 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0910-exploits/pegasusmc-dos.txt Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507377/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36797 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023075 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3026 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/exploits/Pegasus_Mail_POP3_Message_Handling_Remote_Buffer_Overflow_Exploit_3026233.php Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53933 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)