CVE-2006-7176 (GCVE-0-2006-7176)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-03-27 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:57
VLAI
Summary
The version of Sendmail 8.13.1-2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 and earlier does not reject the "localhost.localdomain" domain name for e-mail messages that come from external hosts, which might allow remote attackers to spoof messages.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2316 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-02… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/25743 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23742 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2006-10-02 00:00
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