Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0738

Title: WebShield SMTP From: with trailing dot triggers mail loop DoS

Denial of Service

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2000-0738.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 20, 2000

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.78%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0738: WebShield SMTP 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending e-mail with a From: address that has a . (period) at the end, which causes WebShield to continuously send itself copies of the e-mail.

Impacted Vendors

network_associates 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q3/0101.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1589 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5100 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q3/0101.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1589 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5100

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0738 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 20, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.