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nullmailer: denial of service

Package(s):nullmailer CVE #(s):
Created:November 18, 2002 Updated:November 19, 2002
Description: A problem has been discovered in nullmailer, a simple relay-only mail transport agent for hosts that relay mail to a fixed set of smart relays. When a mail is to be delivered locally to a user that doesn't exist, nullmailer tries to deliver it, discovers a user unknown error and stops delivering. Unfortunately, it stops delivering entirely, not only this mail. Hence, it's very easy to craft a denial of service.
Alerts:
Debian DSA-198-1 2002-11-18

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