CVE-2002-0368 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Microsoft Exchange 2000 by sending a mail message with a malformed RFC attribute, exhausting CPU resources.

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-2002-0368?

CVE-2002-0368 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, published on 2 Apr 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Store Service in Microsoft Exchange 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a mail message with a malformed RFC message attribute, aka "Malformed Mail Attribute can Cause Exchange 2000 to Exhaust CPU Resources."

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0368?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Exchange Server.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0368?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0368 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-2002-0368 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m48r-j6v8-pc26.

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