Microsoft Exchange 5.5 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via exceptional BER encodings for the LDAP filter type field, as demonstrated by the PROTOS LDAPv3 test suite.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6899
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3045
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CFCN-4YAQC7
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763400
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c06/ldapv3/
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-18.html
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-116.shtml
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2001-07-16
Updated: 2026-06-16
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.29433