CVE-2021-20501 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-20501

Vendor Ibm
Product i
Published April 21, 2021
Last update September 17, 2024

CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/C:N/S:U/AC:H/A:H/UI:N/I:N/PR:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 21, 2021 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated