Vulnerability in Sendmail

CVE-2002-2261

Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.6 allows remote attackers to bypass relaying restrictions enforced by the 'check_relay' function by spoofing a blank DNS hostname.

EPSS: 0.020 (78.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Sendmail — versions 8.9.0, 8.9.1, 8.9.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References