CVE-1999-0144 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Denial of service in Qmail by specifying a large number of recipients with the RCPT command.

Published: 2000-02-04

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:qmail_project:qmail:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-0144	Denial of service in Qmail by specifying a large number of recipients with the RCPT command.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01987.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://cr.yp.to/qmail/venema.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319024&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319029&w=2
http://www.ornl.gov/its/archives/mailing-lists/qmail/1997/06/threads.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2237
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208

History

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Subscriptions

Qmail Project Qmail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-02-04T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:27:57.565Z

Reserved: 1999-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-0144

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1997-06-01T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-0144

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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