CVE-2011-3169 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS via unspecified vectors in the SMTP service.
- 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-2011-3169?
CVE-2011-3169 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Nov 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the SMTP service implementation in HP TCP/IP Services 5.6 and 5.7 for OpenVMS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3169?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hp Tcp Ip Services Openvms.
How do I fix CVE-2011-3169?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-3169 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-2011-3169 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3169 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vhm4-qc97-97vh.