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CVE-2003-0161 Detail

Description

The prescan() function in the address parser (parseaddr.c) in Sendmail before 8.12.9 does not properly handle certain conversions from char and int types, which can cause a length check to be disabled when Sendmail misinterprets an input value as a special "NOCHAR" control value, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack using messages, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1337.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-016.0.txt CVE, MITRE
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:07.sendmail.asc CVE, MITRE
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt CVE, MITRE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030401-01-P CVE, MITRE
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000614 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004295.html CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104896621106790&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104897487512238&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104914999806315&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52620-1 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52700-1 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001088.1-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-12.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-278 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-290 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200303-27.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/897604 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-120.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-121.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316961/30/25250/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/317135/30/25220/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/321997 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7230 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2003-0161
NVD Published Date:
04/02/2003
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE