CVE - CVE-2001-0894

CVE-ID
CVE-2001-0894	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:3544 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3544 BUGTRAQ:20011115 Postfix session log memory exhaustion bugfix URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100584160110303&w=2 CONECTIVA:CLA-2001:439 URL:http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000439 DEBIAN:DSA-093 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-093 MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2001:089 URL:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2001:089 REDHAT:RHSA-2001:156 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-156.html XF:postfix-smtp-log-dos(7568) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7568
Date Entry Created
20020625	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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