CVE-2000-0075 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Super Mail Transfer Package by repeatedly sending specific SMTP commands.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-0075?
CVE-2000-0075 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Oct 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Super Mail Transfer Package (SMTP), later called MsgCore, has a memory leak which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by repeating multiple HELO, MAIL FROM, RCPT TO, and DATA commands in the same session.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0075?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nosque Msgcore.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0075?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0075 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2000-0075 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0075 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4992-6p77-x2cp.