PT-2001-2049 · Postfix · Postfix

Published 2001-11-11 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2001-0894

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 Postfix versions prior to 20010228-pl07

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically memory exhaustion, by generating a large number of SMTP errors. This forces the SMTP session log to grow too large when the Postfix SMTP server is configured to email the postmaster upon SMTP error-induced session termination.

Recommendations For versions prior to 20010228-pl07, update to version 20010228-pl07 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0894

Affected Products

Postfix

References · 8

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3544 · Vendor Advisory
• http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2001:089 · Vendor Advisory
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000439 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-156.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0894 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7568 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100584160110303&w=2 · Note
• http://debian.org/security/2001/dsa-093 · Patch, Vendor Advisory