Vulnerability CVE-2001-0894
Published: 2001-11-11   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Vulnerability in Postfix SMTP server before 20010228-pl07, when configured to email the postmaster when SMTP errors cause the session to terminate, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) by generating a large number of SMTP errors, which forces the SMTP session log to grow too large.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Wietse venema -> Postfix 

 References:
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000439
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2001:089
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100584160110303&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-093
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-156.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3544
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7568
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