CVE-2003-0694
The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via buffer overflow attacks, as demonstrated using the parseaddr function in parseaddr.c.
02 Description
The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via buffer overflow attacks, as demonstrated using the parseaddr function in parseaddr.c.
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
- 66.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.2% 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
- 2003-09-18 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-08-14
- 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
- 017378a9e95f101840b2dd69261c78a8c89b548f70e991ee0092cb793004383d
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info20030919 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.041] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sendmail)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106398718909274&w=2
- www.sendmail.orghttp://www.sendmail.org/8.12.10.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:283http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-283.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20030917 Sendmail 8.12.9 prescan bug (a new one) [CAN-2003-0694]http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2003-q3/4119.html
- www.cert.orgCA-2003-25http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-25.html
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#784980http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/784980
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2003:092http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:092
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:603https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A603
- marc.info20030917 [slackware-security] Sendmail vulnerabilities fixed (SSA:2003-260-02)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106382859407683&w=2
- www.debian.orgDSA-384http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-384
- ftp.sco.comSCOSA-2004.11ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:284http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-284.html
- marc.info20030917 GLSA: sendmail (200309-13)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106383437615742&w=2
- archives.neohapsis.com20030917 Zalewski Advisory - Sendmail 8.12.9 prescan bughttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0113.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:572https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A572
- marc.info20030917 Sendmail 8.12.9 prescan bug (a new one) [CAN-2003-0694]http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106381604923204&w=2
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:2975https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2975
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2003:742http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000742
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sendmail Fixed in 8.12.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sendmail Fixed in 8.12.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sendmail Fixed in 8.12.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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