CVE-2003-0688

7 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUM
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Compaq Tru64Freebsd FreebsdOpenbsd Openbsd+3 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 20
Latest updateMay 3

Description

The DNS map code in Sendmail 8.12.8 and earlier, when using the "enhdnsbl" feature, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an invalid DNS response that causes Sendmail to free incorrect data.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶Debiansendmail< 8.12.9+3
▶NVDredhat/sendmail8.12.5-7, 8.12.8-4+1
▶NVDsendmail/sendmail8 versions+7
▶NVDsgi/irix6.5.19, 6.5.20, 6.5.21+2
▶NVDcompaq/tru645.0a, 5.1+1

Also affects: Freebsd 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 5.0

Patches

Patch: www.redhat.com ↗Patch: www.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-g82v-vwh4-vpjc: The DNS map code in Sendmail 8↗2022-05-03
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OSV
CVE-2003-0688: The DNS map code in Sendmail 8↗2003-10-20
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CVEList
CVE-2003-0688: The DNS map code in Sendmail 8↗2003-09-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
security flaw↗2003-08-25
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Debian
CVE-2003-0688: sendmail - The DNS map code in Sendmail 8.12.8 and earlier, when using the "enhdnsbl" featu...↗2003
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2003-0688 security flaw↗2018-08-16
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CVE-2003-0688 (MEDIUM CVSS 5) | The DNS map code in Sendmail 8.12.8 | cvebase.io