Description
Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain formatted address fields, related to sender and recipient header comments as processed by the crackaddr function of headers.c.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 10.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000571Broken Link
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:028Broken Link
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104673778105192&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678739608479&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862109841&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862409849&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104679411316818&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40500&apar=onlyBroken Link
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40501&apar=onlyBroken Link
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40502&apar=onlyBroken Link
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-07.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-257Broken Link
- http://www.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21950Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10748.phpBroken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/398025Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-073.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-074.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-227.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6991Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.8.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2222Broken Link
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000571Broken Link
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:028Broken Link
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104673778105192&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678739608479&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862109841&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862409849&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104679411316818&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40500&apar=onlyBroken Link
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40501&apar=onlyBroken Link
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40502&apar=onlyBroken Link
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-07.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-257Broken Link
- http://www.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21950Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10748.phpBroken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/398025Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-073.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-074.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-227.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6991Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.8.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2222Broken Link
Timeline
- Published
- Mar 7, 2003
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified