Resource exhaustion in Postfix - CVE-2001-0894
Published: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110623
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2001-0894
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when configured to email the postmaster when SMTP errors cause the session to terminate. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Postfix
How to mitigate CVE-2001-0894
Install updates from vendor's website.
Postfix - update to 20010228-pl07
External References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000439
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2001:089
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100584160110303&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-093
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-156.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3544
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7568