Floosietek FTGate 1.05 SMTP Session RCPT TO resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Floosietek FTGate 1.05. Affected is an unknown function of the component SMTP Session Handler. The manipulation of the argument RCPT TO results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2002-2080. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Floosietek FTGate 1.05. Affected is an unknown part of the component SMTP Session Handler. The manipulation of the argument RCPT TO with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Floositek FTGate PRO 1.05 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large number of RCPT TO: messages during an SMTP session.

The bug was discovered 04/03/2002. The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-2080 since 07/14/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 272 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 74103 (Floosietek FTGate Rcpt to: Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8750), SecurityFocus (BID 4428†), OSVDB (60051†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-14486†). The entries VDB-19724 and VDB-19720 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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04/03/2002 🔍
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12/31/2002 +271 days 🔍
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07/14/2005 +926 days 🔍
02/28/2007 +594 days 🔍
08/06/2014 +2716 days 🔍
08/30/2025 +4042 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-2080 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-2080
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19722
X-Force: 8750
SecurityFocus: 4428 - Floosietek FTGate Rcpt to: Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 60051 - Floosietek - FTGate - Rcpt to - Flood - Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 14486 - DoS in FloosieTek FTGatePro via Large Number of RCPT TO: Messages, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2014 10:12
Updated: 08/30/2025 16:24
Changes: 08/06/2014 10:12 (59), 07/15/2019 22:55 (3), 08/30/2025 16:24 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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