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01 Record

CVE-2004-0833

Sendmail before 8.12.3 on Debian GNU/Linux, when using sasl and sasl-bin, uses a Sendmail configuration script with a fixed username and password, which could allow remote attackers to use Sendmail as

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Sendmail before 8.12.3 on Debian GNU/Linux, when using sasl and sasl-bin, uses a Sendmail configuration script with a fixed username and password, which could allow remote attackers to use Sendmail as

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
2.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 84.3% 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
2004-11-19 05:00Z21 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-08 00:31Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2004-09-08
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
625ebbd9df25ab57dbd051e86734fa8c8f70c0e1a0d0f8c85d75c49413ad4e72

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • sendmail
    Fixed in 8.13.1-13

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • sendmail
    Fixed in 8.13.1-13

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • sendmail
    Fixed in 8.13.1-13

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.