PT-1999-1103 · Sendmail · Sendmail

Published 1999-03-08 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-0418

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sendmail (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows a remote attacker, such as a spammer, to cause a denial of service in SMTP applications. This is achieved by using many "RCPT TO" commands in the same connection.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0418

Affected Products

Sendmail

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0418 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92100018214316&w=2 · Note