CVE-2021-20501 (GCVE-0-2021-20501)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-21 12:05 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:35
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Summary
IBM i 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 SMTP allows a network attacker to send emails to non-existent local-domain recipients to the SMTP server, caused by using a non-default configuration. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume unnecessary network bandwidth and disk space, and allow remote attackers to send spam email. IBM X-Force ID: 198056.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/C:N/S:U/AC:H/A:H/UI:N/I:N/PR:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM i Affected: 7.1
Affected: 7.2
Affected: 7.3
Affected: 7.4
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Date Public
2021-04-20 00:00
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