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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-35573

srs2.c in PostSRSd before 1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long timestamp tag in an SRS address.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:37 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-35573

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Dec 2020, 05:15 UTC

srs2.c in PostSRSd before 1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long timestamp tag in an SRS address.

osv:CVE-2020-35573
Complete source record
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