CVE-2008-7280

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    CVE-2008-7280

    Published: 18 Mar 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Kernel/System/EmailParser.pm in PostmasterPOP3.pl in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) before 2.2.7 does not properly handle e-mail messages containing malformed UTF-8 characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (e-mail retrieval outage) via a crafted message.

    References: http://bugs.otrs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2934, http://source.otrs.org/viewvc.cgi/otrs/CHANGES?revision=1.1807

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High