CVE-2004-2168 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in BaSoMail 1.24, specifically affecting the Baardsen Software BaSoMail Server. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by initiating multiple connections to the SMTP (port 25) or POP3 (port 110) services, leading to high CPU consumption and service disruption. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and its primary impact is system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, though it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:baardsen_software:basomail_server:1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.