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
02 Description
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
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
- 38.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.4% 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
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2003-04-01 05:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-03-24
- 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
- e442524c58b0c69f577000a57b2baeb0ac0fd926040770601ec393c5059eca4f
05 Affected products
06 References
- sunsolve.sun.com1001088http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001088.1-1
- sunsolve.sun.com52620http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52620-1
- patches.sgi.com20030401-01-Pftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030401-01-P
- www.securityfocus.com7230http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7230
- marc.info20030330 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.027] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sendmail)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104914999806315&w=2
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:120http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-120.html
- www.securityfocus.com20030401 Immunix Secured OS 7+ openssl updatehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/317135/30/25220/threaded
- www.debian.orgDSA-278http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-278
- www.debian.orgDSA-290http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-290
- lists.apple.comhttp://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html
- sunsolve.sun.com52700http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52700-1
- www.cert.orgCA-2003-12http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-12.html
- ftp.caldera.comCSSA-2003-016.0ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-016.0.txt
- www.securityfocus.com20030331 GLSA: sendmail (200303-27)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316961/30/25250/threaded
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:121http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-121.html
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2003:614http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000614
- ftp.sco.comSCOSA-2004.11ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200303-27http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200303-27.xml
- lists.grok.org.uk20030329 Sendmail: -1 gone wildhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004295.html
- marc.info20030329 Sendmail: -1 gone wildhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104897487512238&w=2
- ftp.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-03:07ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:07.sendmail.asc
- www.securityfocus.com20030520 [Fwd: 127 Research and Development: 127 Day!]http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/321997
- marc.info20030329 sendmail 8.12.9 availablehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104896621106790&w=2
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#897604http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/897604
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sendmail Fixed in 8.12.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sendmail Fixed in 8.12.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sendmail Fixed in 8.12.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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