PT-2000-1671 · Webshield · Webshield Smtp

Published 2000-10-20 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2000-0738

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WebShield SMTP version 4.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending an e-mail with a From: address that has a . (period) at the end. This causes WebShield to continuously send itself copies of the e-mail.

Recommendations For WebShield SMTP version 4.5, consider restricting or validating the From: address field in incoming emails to prevent the denial of service.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0738

Affected Products

Webshield Smtp

References · 4

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/1589 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0738 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q3/0101.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5100 · Note