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DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0906

DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0906 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11sendmail0, 0, 0
Debian:14sendmail0, 0, 0
Debian:12sendmail0, 0, 0
Debian:13sendmail0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Oct 4, 2002 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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