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CVE-2001-0039
IPSwitch IMail 6.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service using the SMTP AUTH command by sending a base64-encoded user…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.4%
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- mitre
Description
IPSwitch IMail 6.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service using the SMTP AUTH command by sending a base64-encoded user password whose length is between 80 and 136 bytes.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 2083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20001206 DoS by SMTP AUTH command in IPSwitch IMail server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/IMail/news.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- imail-smtp-auth-dos(5674) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .