First published: Sun Jun 01 1997(Updated: )
Denial of service in Qmail by specifying a large number of recipients with the RCPT command.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Qmail | ||
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CVE-1999-0144 is classified as a Denial of Service vulnerability.
CVE-1999-0144 affects Qmail by allowing an attacker to crash the server through excessive recipient specification.
CVE-1999-0144 affects all versions of Qmail as it is related to how the RCPT command is handled.
To protect against CVE-1999-0144, limit the number of recipients that can be specified in the RCPT command.
There is no specific patch for CVE-1999-0144, but updating to a newer version of Qmail is recommended.