CVE-2000-0216 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can flood mail systems with automated responses by forging Read Receipt requests redirected to large distribution lists in Microsoft email clients.
- 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-2000-0216?
CVE-2000-0216 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, published on 22 Mar 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft email clients in Outlook, Exchange, and Windows Messaging automatically respond to Read Receipt and Delivery Receipt tags, which could allow an attacker to flood a mail system with responses by forging a Read Receipt request that is redirected to a large distribution list.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0216?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows Messaging.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0216?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0216 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-2000-0216 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0216 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2021-34473 Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-26855 Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-34523 Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2023-21529 Microsoft Exchange Server Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Sources
Also known as GHSA-86fm-p2v6-q99m.