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CVE-2003-0694 Detail

Description

The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via buffer overflow attacks, as demonstrated using the parseaddr function in parseaddr.c.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt CVE, MITRE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2003-q3/4119.html CVE, MITRE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0113.html CVE, MITRE
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000742 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106381604923204&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106382859407683&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106383437615742&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106398718909274&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-25.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-384 CVE, MITRE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/784980 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:092 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-283.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-284.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.10.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2975 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A572 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A603 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2003-0694
NVD Published Date:
10/06/2003
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE