ID CVE-2002-0906
Summary 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.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 7.5 (as of 10-10-2017 - 01:30)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL PARTIAL PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
oval via4
accepted 2005-05-11T05:41:00.000-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Brian Soby
    organization The MITRE Corporation
  • name Brian Soby
    organization The MITRE Corporation
description 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.
family unix
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2183
status accepted
submitted 2004-12-22T12:00:00.000-04:00
title Sendmail Custom DNS Map Buffer Overflow
version 35
refmap via4
bid 5122
cert-vn VU#814627
confirm http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.5.html
xf sendmail-dns-txt-bo(9443)
Last major update 10-10-2017 - 01:30
Published 04-10-2002 - 04:00
Last modified 10-10-2017 - 01:30
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