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.
02 Description
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.
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
- 2.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.6% 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
- 2007-10-18 10:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:59Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-10-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 208ea53aee2a7ea073f29d607d3e8cc613c793d41a07bdee934fc1560aa1070d
05 Affected products
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6892https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6892
- www.sendmail.orghttp://www.sendmail.org/8.12.7.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3539http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3539
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:8512https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8512
- securitytracker.com1005748http://securitytracker.com/id?1005748
- patches.sgi.com20030101-01-Pftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030101-01-P
- www.securityfocus.com6548http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6548
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsendmail-check-relay-bypass(10775)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10775
- secunia.com7826http://secunia.com/advisories/7826
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sendmail Fixed in 8.12.7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sendmail Fixed in 8.12.7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sendmail Fixed in 8.12.7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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