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CVE-2000-0216
Published: Mar 22, 2000
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Microsoft email clients in Outlook, Exchange, and Windows Messaging automatically respond to Read Receipt and Delivery Receipt tags, which could allow an attacker to flood a mail system with responses by forging a Read Receipt request that is redirected to a large distribution list.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20000229 mailbombing DoS easily exploitable against mail systems using MS mail clients.
mailing-list
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