VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.41%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.41% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sendmail/sendmail
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.