CVE-2003-0688
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2003-09-03 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 02:05
Severity ?
Summary
The DNS map code in Sendmail 8.12.8 and earlier, when using the "enhdnsbl" feature, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an invalid DNS response that causes Sendmail to free incorrect data.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030803-01-P
cve@mitre.orghttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000727
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/993452US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:086
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_035_sendmail.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-265.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.sendmail.org/dnsmap1.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A597
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