Denial of service in Qmail through long SMTP commands.
Priority MEDIUM 47Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Denial of service in Qmail through long SMTP commands.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02269 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:dan_bernstein:qmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.01 | Vulnerable | Dan Bernstein |
- cpe:2.3:a:dan_bernstein:qmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.01 Vulnerable ·Dan Bernstein
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-0250
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wq5m-pq24-j5cv
References
More Dan Bernstein Qmail vulnerabilities
- TI-2005-01437 Integer signedness error in the qmail_put and substdio_put functions in qmail, when… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2005-01436 commands.c in qmail, when running on 64 bit platforms with a large amount of virtual… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
Sources
- CVE-1999-0250 · CVE Program
- CVE-1999-0250 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wq5m-pq24-j5cv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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