CVE-1999-0144 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Vendors	Products
Qmail Project	Qmail

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

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

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

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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