CVE-2021-20501: 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…

PriorityP344high8.2CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNILAH

EPSS

1.34%

68.0th percentile

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.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ibm	i	—	—
ibm	i	—	—
ibm	i	—	—
ibm	i	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.2HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

nvdv3.05.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.06.4MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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