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CVE-2003-0688 Detail

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  10/20/2003

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030803-01-P
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000727
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/993452 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:086
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_035_sendmail.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-265.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.sendmail.org/dnsmap1.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A597

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:597
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:597

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2003-0688
NVD Published Date:
10/20/2003
NVD Last Modified:
05/02/2018