CVE-2002-0906

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9443.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814627US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5122
http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.5.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2183
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9443.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814627US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5122
http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.5.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2183

Timeline

Published: Oct 4, 2002
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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