CVE-2002-0906 (GCVE-0-2002-0906)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-04-02 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 03:03
VLAI
Summary
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 malicious DNS server.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.5.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814627 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5122 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9443.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2002-06-25 00:00
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