CVE-2002-0906

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2002-10-04

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Sendmail (Sendmail)

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9443.php
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814627
• 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