CVE-1999-1265 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SMTP server in SLmail 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed commands whose arguments begin with a "(" (parenthesis) character, such as (1) SEND, (2) VRFY, (3) EXPN, (4) MAIL FROM, (5) RCPT TO.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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:seatle_lab_software:slmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1246	SMTP server in SLmail 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed commands whose arguments begin with a "(" (parenthesis) character, such as (1) SEND, (2) VRFY, (3) EXPN, (4) MAIL FROM, (5) RCPT TO.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

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 0.00739.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90649892424117&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=90650438826447&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1664

History

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Subscriptions

Seatle Lab Software Slmail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:01.704Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1265

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1998-09-22T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1265

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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