Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-3216
Clearswift MAILsweeper for SMTP before 4.3.20 and MAILsweeper for Exchange before 4.3.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) non-ASCII characters in a reverse DNS lookup result from a Received header, which leads to a Receiver service stop, and (2) unspecified vectors involving malformed messages, which causes "unpredictable behavior" that prevents the Security service from processing more messages.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3216
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 3.43%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 90 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2006-3216
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
References for CVE-2006-3216
Products affected by CVE-2006-3216
- cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper_for_smtp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mailsweeper_for_exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*