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5.9 Medium

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…

Description

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 products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
i 7.4 No fix stated
i 7.3 No fix stated
i 7.2 No fix stated
i 7.1 No fix stated

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