Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in YPOPs! (aka YahooPOPS) 0.4 through 0.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) POP3 USER command or (2) SMTP request.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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YPOPS 0.6 Buffer Overflow
exploit/windows/smtp/ypops_overflow1
Exploit-DB 3
- YahooPOPs (YPOPS) 0.6 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-16818 · remote · May 9, 2010 · verified
- YahooPOPs 1.6 - SMTP Remote Buffer Overflow EDB-582 · remote · Oct 18, 2004 · verified
- YahooPOPs 1.6 - SMTP Port Buffer Overflow EDB-577 · remote · Oct 15, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://dbeusee.home.comcast.net/history.html
- 10366 vdb-entry
- http://www.hat-squad.com/en/000075.html
- 20040927 [Hat-Squad] Remote Buffer overflow Vulnerability in YahooPOPS mailing-list
- 10367 vdb-entry
- ypops-smtp-bo(17518) vdb-entry
- 1011426 vdb-entry
- 12660 third-party-advisory
- ypops-pop3-bo(17515) vdb-entry
- 20061020 vendor ACK for old YPOPs! issue mailing-list
- 11256 vdb-entry