CVE-2003-0285 (GCVE-0-2003-0285)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-05-14 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:50
VLAI
Summary
IBM AIX 5.2 and earlier distributes Sendmail with a configuration file (sendmail.cf) with the (1) promiscuous_relay, (2) accept_unresolvable_domains, and (3) accept_unqualified_senders features enabled, which allows Sendmail to be used as an open mail relay for sending spam e-mail.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105284689228961&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7580 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://security.sdsc.edu/advisories/2003.05.13-AI… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814617 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
Date Public
2003-05-13 00:00
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