Vulnerability in Compaq Tru64
CVE-2003-0161
The prescan() function in the address parser (parseaddr.c) in Sendmail before 8.12.9 does not properly handle certain conversions from char and int types, which can cause a length check to be disabled when Sendmail misinterprets an input value as a special "NOCHAR" control value, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack using messages, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1337.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.388 (98.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.382 · newest: 0.388 · change: +0.006
Affected products
- Compaq Tru64 — versions 4.0b, 4.0d, 4.0d_pk9_bl17
- HP Hp-Ux — versions 10.00, 10.01, 10.08
- HP Hp-Ux Series 700 — versions 10.20
- HP Hp-Ux Series 800 — versions 10.20
- HP Sis
- Sendmail — versions 2.6, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
- Sendmail Switch — versions 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2
- Sun Solaris — versions 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.4, 5.5, 5.5.1
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/7230 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-120.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/317135/30/25220/threaded (mailing-list, vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-278 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-290 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2003-0161?
- CVE-2003-0161 is a vulnerability in Compaq Tru64. Published 2003-04-02.
- Is CVE-2003-0161 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.