Description
mail.local in Sendmail 8.10.x does not properly identify the .\n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 2047 characters long and ends in .\n.
Published: 2000-10-13
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-0318 mail.local in Sendmail 8.10.x does not properly identify the .\n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 2047 characters long and ends in .\n.
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Eric Allman Sendmail
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:14:21.383Z

Reserved: 2000-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0319

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-04-23T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0319

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