CVE-2002-2121

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-2121
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionSurfControl SuperScout Email filter for SMTP 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long SMTP (1) HELO or (2) RCPT TO command, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Surfcontrol Superscout Email Filter 3.5.1 All smtp All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'DoS in SurfControl's EmailFilter' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ISS X-Force Database: surfcontrol-superscout-helo-dos (8424): SurfControl SuperScout Email Filter long HELO or RCPT TO: command denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
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