Postfix SMTP Malformed E-mail Envelope Address Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:8362

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Postfix SMTP Malformed E-mail Envelope Address Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8362
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2003-0540
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 04 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:56PM
Credit: Discovery credited to Michal Zalewski.
Vulnerable: Wietse Venema Postfix 1.1.13
Wietse Venema Postfix 1.1.12
+ SuSE Linux 8.1
+ SuSE Linux 8.0
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
 Wietse Venema Postfix 1.1.11
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
Wietse Venema Postfix 1.0.21
+ EnGarde Secure Community 2.0
+ EnGarde Secure Community 1.0.1
+ EnGarde Secure Professional 1.5
+ EnGarde Secure Professional 1.2
+ EnGarde Secure Professional 1.1
Wietse Venema Postfix 20011115
Wietse Venema Postfix 20010228
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
Wietse Venema Postfix 19991231
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
 + Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 + Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 + Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 + Trustix Secure Linux 1.2
Wietse Venema Postfix 19990906
Not Vulnerable: Wietse Venema Postfix 2.0
Wietse Venema Postfix 1.1.13

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Postfix SMTP Malformed E-mail Envelope Address Denial of Service Vulnerability

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