CVE-1999-1109
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2002-03-09 05:00
Modified
2024-08-01 17:02
Severity ?
Summary
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.
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