PT-2003-1044 · Sendmail+1 · Sendmail+1

Maurice Makaay + 1 · Published 2003-09-03 · Updated 2018-05-03 · CVE-2003-0688

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions openSUSE (affected versions not specified) Sendmail versions 8.12.8 and earlier

Description The issue concerns a potential disruption of protected information and a denial of service. It can be exploited remotely. In Sendmail, when using the "enhdnsbl" feature, certain data structures are not properly initialized, allowing remote attackers to cause a process crash via an invalid DNS response.

Recommendations For openSUSE, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For Sendmail versions 8.12.8 and earlier, consider disabling the "enhdnsbl" feature as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-04796

CVE-2003-0688

Affected Products

Sendmail

Opensuse

References · 14

• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030803-01-P · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0688 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04796 · Security Note
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000727 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_035_sendmail.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-265.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:086 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-0688 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/993452 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A597 · Note
• https://suse.com/support/security/advisories/2003_035_sendmail.html · Note
• http://sendmail.org/dnsmap1.html · Note