Network Associates WebShield SMTP 4.5 Recipient Field denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Network Associates WebShield SMTP 4.5 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Recipient Field Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2000-1129. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Network Associates WebShield SMTP 4.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Recipient Field Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

McAfee WebShield SMTP 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed recipient field.

The weakness was published 01/09/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-1129. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (20432) and SecurityFocus (BID 1999†). Similar entry is available at VDB-16286. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/23/2000 🔍
01/09/2001 +47 days 🔍
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07/02/2014 +4922 days 🔍
02/25/2025 +3891 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-1129 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-1129
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16285
SecurityFocus: 1999 - Network Associates WebShield SMTP Invalid Outgoing Recipient Field DoS Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 15:13
Updated: 02/25/2025 07:38
Changes: 07/02/2014 15:13 (38), 04/07/2019 11:34 (13), 02/25/2025 07:38 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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