CVE-2006-7176 (GCVE-0-2006-7176)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-03-27 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:57
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The version of Sendmail 8.13.1-2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 and earlier does not reject the "localhost.localdomain" domain name for e-mail messages that come from external hosts, which might allow remote attackers to spoof messages.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/25743 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
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| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23742 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2006-10-02 00:00
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