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CVE-2002-2261

Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.6 allows remote attackers to bypass relaying restrictions enforced by the 'check_relay' function by spoofing a blank DNS hostname.

Published

2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application sendmail sendmail 8.9.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.9.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.9.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.9.3 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.10 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.10.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.10.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.10.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.3 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.4 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.5 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.6 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.7 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.3 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.4 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.5 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.6 Yes
References