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CVE-2006-4616 (GCVE-0-2006-4616)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-09-07 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:14
VLAI
Summary
SMTP service in MailEnable Standard, Professional, and Enterprise before ME-10014 (20060904) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an SPF lookup for a domain with a large number of records, which triggers a null pointer exception.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1016792 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20091 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.mailenable.com/hotfix/MESMTPC.ZIP x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/21998 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2006-09-05 00:00
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