CVE-2000-1197: University Of Washington Imap

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

POP2 or POP3 server (pop3d) in imap-uw IMAP package on FreeBSD and other operating systems creates lock files with predictable names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (lack of mail access) for other users by creating lock files for other mail boxes.

Affected products

• University Of Washington Imap: version 4.5 only

Published 2001-08-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.