CVE-2000-0583

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

vchkpw program in vpopmail before version 4.8 does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string used in a call to syslog, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a USER or PASS command that contains arbitrary formatting directives.

Affected products

Inter7 Vpopmail Vchkpw: 4.5, 4.7

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1418
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=395BD2A8.5D3396A7%40secureaustin.com
http://www.vpopmail.cx/vpopmail-ChangeLog
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1418
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=395BD2A8.5D3396A7%40secureaustin.com
http://www.vpopmail.cx/vpopmail-ChangeLog

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