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CVE-2003-0688

The DNS map code in Sendmail 8.12.8 and earlier, when using the "enhdnsbl" feature, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an invalid DNS response that causes Sendmail to free incorrect data.

Published

2003-10-20T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application redhat sendmail 8.12.5-7 Yes
Application redhat sendmail 8.12.5-7 Yes
Application redhat sendmail 8.12.5-7 Yes
Application redhat sendmail 8.12.5-7 Yes
Application redhat sendmail 8.12.8-4 Yes
Application redhat sendmail 8.12.8-4 Yes
Application redhat sendmail 8.12.8-4 Yes
Application redhat sendmail 8.12.8-4 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
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.7 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.8 Yes
Operating System sgi irix 6.5.19 Yes
Operating System sgi irix 6.5.20 Yes
Operating System sgi irix 6.5.21 Yes
Operating System compaq tru64 5.0a Yes
Operating System compaq tru64 5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.6 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.7 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.8 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.0 Yes
Operating System openbsd openbsd 3.2 Yes
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