CVE-2002-0906 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.12.5, when configured to use a custom DNS map to query TXT records, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malicious DNS server.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 5.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0897	Buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.12.5, when configured to use a custom DNS map to query TXT records, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malicious DNS server.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05522.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9443.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814627
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5122
http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.5.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2183

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Sendmail Sendmail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:49.303Z

Reserved: 2002-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0906

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-10-04T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-0906

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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