CVE-1999-0144

Summary

CVE-1999-0144 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Qmail email server. Malicious actors can exploit this issue by sending a large number of recipients with the RCPT (Recipients) command, resulting in excessive resource consumption on the targeted server. The server may become unresponsive or even crash, leading to service disruption. This vulnerability underscores the importance of implementing input validation and access control measures to protect email servers from unwanted traffic and potential attacks.

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