CVE-1999-1265 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting SLmail 3.1 and earlier versions. Remote attackers can crash the SMTP server by sending malformed commands like SEND, VRFY, EXPN, MAIL FROM, or RCPT TO, where the arguments begin with a parenthesis. This vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.0, indicating it can be exploited over the network with low complexity to achieve partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decades-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:seatle_lab_software:slmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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