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POP3 RETR overflow

advICE :Intrusions : 2000706
 FAQ
Oh my gosh, I'm being HACKED!!!
How do I report the hacker to my ISP?
I'm seeing lots of attacks, is this normal?
Summary

A command was sent that may be designed to crash the server.

Details

An attempt was made to send a command to the server with an index that is outside the expected range. This may crash the server.

 more information
advICE: Buffer overflows  
More about this general class of attacks, which is the root cause of many attacks on the Internet.  
BugtraqID: 982   Internet Anywhere Mail Server RETR DoS Vulnerability
 
CVE-2000-0139   Internet Anywhere POP3 DoS
 
 
Version appeared: 2.1 

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