CVE-2000-0583

Medium CVSS 5

Published 2000-06-30 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0583, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0583

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P