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GCVE-110-CERTCC-2003-993452

GCVE-110-CERTCC-2003-993452
Advisory Published
Vulnetix · Advisory published July 11, 2003
There is an uninitialized data structure in sendmail 8.12.(x < 9) servers configured to use DNS maps. An attacker able to send crafted DNS responses to affected sendmail servers may be able crash the sendmail daemon, or potentially execute arbitrary code.
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Risk Scores

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impact10population15exploitation1widely_known17score_current15.75ease_of_exploitation8

Aliases

CVE-2003-0688

Transitive aliases

DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0688GSD-2003-0688EUVD-2003-0679GHSA-g82v-vwh4-vpjcBDU:2015-04796

References

Sendmail fails to appropriately initialize data structures for DNS maps
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Sendmail fails to appropriately initialize data structures for DNS maps
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Sendmail fails to appropriately initialize data structures for DNS maps
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Sendmail fails to appropriately initialize data structures for DNS maps
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Sendmail fails to appropriately initialize data structures for DNS maps
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