PT-2002-1916 · Sendmail · Sendmail

Published 2002-10-04 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2002-0906

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Sendmail versions prior to 8.12.5

Description: A buffer overflow issue exists when Sendmail is configured to use a custom DNS map to query TXT records, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malicious DNS server.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 8.12.5, update to version 8.12.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0906

Affected Products

Sendmail

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0906 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-0906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-0906 · Vendor Advisory
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/9443.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2183 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/5122 · Note
• http://sendmail.org/8.12.5.html · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814627 · Note