CVE-2001-0894
Vulnerability in Postfix SMTP server before 20010228-pl07, when configured to email the postmaster when SMTP errors cause the session to terminate, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) by generating a large number of SMTP errors, which forces the SMTP session log to grow too large.
Published:Nov 11, 2001
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Jun 25, 2002
EPSS Score:0.01271
CVSS Score:5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Powertools
Redhat
Powertools
Vendor
Wietse Venema
Product
Postfix
Wietse Venema
Postfix
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Attack Vector
Network
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Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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