CVE-2003-1106 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash or hang the Windows 2000 SMTP service by sending an email with a malformed timestamp, requiring a patch.
- 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-2003-1106?
CVE-2003-1106 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Mar 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SMTP service in Microsoft Windows 2000 before SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via an e-mail message with a malformed time stamp in the FILETIME attribute.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1106?
How do I fix CVE-2003-1106?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1106 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-2003-1106 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1106 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f7gc-32p2-4rhq.