CVE-2001-1078 Information

Description

Format string vulnerability in flog function of eXtremail 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via format specifiers in the SMTP commands (1) HELO (2) EHLO (3) MAIL FROM or (4) RCPT TO and the POP3 commands (5) USER and (6) other commands that can be executed after POP3 authentication.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0291.html http://www.extremail.com/history.htm http://www.extremail.com/news.htm http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2908 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6733