Title: Multiple Vendor popd Lock File Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity: LOW
Description:
Vulnerabilities exist in a number of pop3 daemon implementations, having to do with their creation of lock files. Affected include Qualcomm's qpopper, and the popd included as part of the imap-4 rpm from RedHat. Lockfiles in both implementation are created with consistent local file names; the RedHat popd in /tmp, with a fairly random name (albeit consistent for a given user), and in the mail spool directory, with the user name prepended by a "." and appended with ".pop". Creation of either of these files will prevent the popd user from being able to establish a connection to retrieve their mail.
The FreeBSD port of imap-uw contains this vulnerability. It is not, however, included as a standard part of a FreeBSD install.
Affected Products:
- Qualcomm qpopper 2.53.0
- Qualcomm qpopper 3.0.0
- RedHat Linux 6.1.0 alpha
- RedHat Linux 6.1.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 6.1.0 sparc
- RedHat Linux 6.2.0 alpha
- RedHat Linux 6.2.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 6.2.0 sparc
- RedHat imap 4.5.0 -4
- University of Washington imap 4.5.0
Juniper Networks provides this content via a wide variety of sources and production methods. If notified of errors or omissions in the content of this page, Juniper Networks, at its discretion, will modify or remove the page or leave the content as is, depending on various factors including but not limited to the reputation and authority of the party providing the notification. Please use the contact information displayed elsewhere on this page to report any errors or omissions regarding the content on this page.
