Description
IBM AIX 5.2 and earlier distributes Sendmail with a configuration file (sendmail.cf) with the (1) promiscuous_relay, (2) accept_unresolvable_domains, and (3) accept_unqualified_senders features enabled, which allows Sendmail to be used as an open mail relay for sending spam e-mail.
Published: 2003-05-14
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-0280 IBM AIX 5.2 and earlier distributes Sendmail with a configuration file (sendmail.cf) with the (1) promiscuous_relay, (2) accept_unresolvable_domains, and (3) accept_unqualified_senders features enabled, which allows Sendmail to be used as an open mail relay for sending spam e-mail.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:50:47.692Z

Reserved: 2003-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0285

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Status : Modified

Published: 2003-06-16T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-0285

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