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.
EPSS: 0.382 (98.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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 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
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_refsource_IMMUNIX)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT)
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.