Vulnerability in Compaq Tru64
CVE-2003-0688
The DNS map code in Sendmail 8.12.8 and earlier, when using the "enhdnsbl" feature, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an invalid DNS response that causes Sendmail to free incorrect data.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.036 (88.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Compaq Tru64 — versions 5.0a, 5.1
- FreeBSD — versions 4.6, 4.7, 4.8
- OpenBSD — versions 3.2
- Sendmail — versions 8.12.1, 8.12.2, 8.12.3
- Sgi Irix — versions 6.5.19, 6.5.20, 6.5.21
- Red Hat Sendmail — versions 8.12.5-7, 8.12.8-4
References
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:597 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.sendmail.org/dnsmap1.html
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-265.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_035_sendmail.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/993452 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)