CVE-2001-0894 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause memory exhaustion and denial of service by generating SMTP errors if the server is configured to email the postmaster on session termination.
- 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-2001-0894?
CVE-2001-0894 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jun 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0894?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wietse Venema Postfix.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0894?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0894 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-2001-0894 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0894 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4jcc-3cc2-c846.