Vulnerability in Sendmail
CVE-2002-0906
Buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.12.5, when configured to use a custom DNS map to query TXT records, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malicious DNS server.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.044 (91.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sendmail — versions 8.12.0, 8.12.1, 8.12.3
References
- www.sendmail.org/8.12.5.html
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2183 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814627 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5122 (vdb-entry)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9443.php (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)