CVE-1999-0006

Summary

CVE-1999-0006 is a significant vulnerability affecting POP servers based on BSD/Qualcomm's qpopper. Criminal hackers can exploit this buffer overflow issue by sending a long PASS command to the server. Successful exploitation grants the attacker root access, posing a severe security risk. This vulnerability was first identified in 1999 and has since been a target for cybercriminals. System administrators are advised to upgrade or patch their qpopper servers to mitigate this risk.

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