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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-04-02 05:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-08-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 333c51cded9ce6ec6e04afa6bd0f281148d700f67bbcea3c1788c33f686da9e6
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.sendmail.orghttp://www.sendmail.org/8.12.5.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:2183https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2183
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#814627http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814627
- www.securityfocus.com5122http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5122
- www.iss.netsendmail-dns-txt-bo(9443)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9443.php
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sendmail Fixed in 8.12.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sendmail Fixed in 8.12.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sendmail Fixed in 8.12.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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