CVE-2002-2338

Description

The POP3 mail client in Mozilla 1.0 and earlier, and Netscape Communicator 4.7 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (no new mail) via a mail message containing a dot (.) at a newline, which is interpreted as the end of the message.

Affected products

• Mozilla / mozilla0.9.2 – 0.9.2
• Mozilla / mozilla0.9.2.1 – 0.9.2.1
• Mozilla / mozilla0.9.3 – 0.9.3
• Mozilla / mozilla0.9.4 – 0.9.4
• Mozilla / mozilla0.9.4.1 – 0.9.4.1
• Mozilla / mozilla0.9.5 – 0.9.5
• Mozilla / mozilla0.9.6 – 0.9.6
• Mozilla / mozilla0.9.7 – 0.9.7
• Mozilla / mozilla0.9.8 – 0.9.8
• Mozilla / mozilla0.9.9 – 0.9.9
• Mozilla / mozilla1.0 – 1.0
• Mozilla / mozilla1.0 – 1.0
• Mozilla / mozilla1.0 – 1.0
• netscape / communicator4.0 – 4.0
• netscape / communicator4.4 – 4.4
• netscape / communicator4.5 – 4.5
• netscape / communicator4.06 – 4.06
• netscape / communicator4.6 – 4.6
• netscape / communicator4.07 – 4.07
• netscape / communicator4.7 – 4.7
• netscape / communicator4.08 – 4.08
• netscape / communicator4.51 – 4.51
• netscape / communicator4.61 – 4.61
• netscape / communicator4.72 – 4.72
• netscape / communicator4.73 – 4.73
• netscape / communicator4.74 – 4.74
• netscape / communicator4.75 – 4.75
• netscape / communicator4.76 – 4.76
• netscape / communicator4.77 – 4.77
• netscape / navigator6.0 – 6.0
• netscape / navigator6.0 – 6.0
• netscape / navigator6.01 – 6.01
• netscape / navigator6.1 – 6.1
• netscape / navigator6.2 – 6.2
• netscape / navigator6.2.1 – 6.2.1
• netscape / navigator6.2.2 – 6.2.2

References

• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276946
• MISChttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276628
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:074
• MISChttp://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144228
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5002
• MISChttp://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.1/security-fixes-1.0.1.html
• MISChttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9343.php