CVE-1999-1109 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Sendmail before 8.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a series of ETRN commands then disconnecting from the server, while Sendmail continues to process the commands after the connection has been terminated.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 7.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1090	Sendmail before 8.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a series of ETRN commands then disconnecting from the server, while Sendmail continues to process the commands after the connection has been terminated.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07749.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94632241202626&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94780566911948&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7760.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/904

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Sendmail Sendmail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.757Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1109

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-12-22T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1109

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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