CVE-2002-0906

Buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.12.5, when configured to use a custom DNS map to query TXT records, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malicious DNS server.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9443.php	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.5.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814627	US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5122
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2183

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2002-10-03 21:00

Updated : 2017-10-09 18:30

NVD link : CVE-2002-0906

Mitre link : CVE-2002-0906

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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Products Affected

sendmail

sendmail

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