Cyrus 2.0.15, 2.0.16, and 1.6.24 on BSDi 4.2, with IMAP enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) using PHP IMAP
Cyrus 2.0.15, 2.0.16, and 1.6.24 on BSDi 4.2, with IMAP enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) using PHP IMAP clients.
- Published
- Aug 30, 2001
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.6% · 75th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
20
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.6%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| bsdi | bsd os | cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os |
| carnegie mellon university | cyrus imap server | cpe:2.3:a:carnegie_mellon_university:cyrus_imap_server |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- bsdi bsd os4.2
- carnegie mellon university cyrus imap server1.6.24
- carnegie mellon university cyrus imap server2.0.15
- carnegie mellon university cyrus imap server2.0.16
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Remediation
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Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
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Patch and commit links
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Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/211056
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3260
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7053
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.