CVE-2010-0024 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Microsoft SMTP servers by sending crafted DNS MX record responses.
- 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-2010-0024?
CVE-2010-0024 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, published on 14 Apr 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SMTP component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Exchange Server 2003 SP2, does not properly parse MX records, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (service outage) via a crafted response to a DNS MX record query, aka "SMTP Server MX Record Vulnerability."
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0024?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0024?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0024 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-2010-0024 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0024 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server
- CVE-2024-21410 Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation
- 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-rjr8-9crx-pj6h.