CVE-2000-0960 - The POP3 server in Netscape Messaging Server 4.15p1 generates different error messages for incorrect user names versus incorrect passwords, which allows remote attackers to determine valid users on the system and harvest email addresses for spam abuse

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MEDIUM

The POP3 server in Netscape Messaging Server 4.15p1 generates different error messages for incorrect user names versus incorrect passwords, which allows remote attackers to determine valid users on the system and harvest email addresses for spam abuse

Published Jan 22, 2001

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.70%

Description

The POP3 server in Netscape Messaging Server 4.15p1 generates different error messages for incorrect user names versus incorrect passwords, which allows remote attackers to determine valid users on the system and harvest email addresses for spam abuse.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97138100426121&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1787
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2000-0947
Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5364
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97138100426121&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1787		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2000-0947		Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5364		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF