FKIE_CVE-2006-7176

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-03-27 23:19 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:34
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/25098
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/25743
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-248.htm
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0252.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23742
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=171838
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11499
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/25743
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-248.htm
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0252.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23742
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=171838
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11499
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat enterprise_linux 4.0
sendmail sendmail 8.13.1.2
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