National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2003-0285

Overview

IBM AIX 5.2 and earlier distributes Sendmail with a configuration file (sendmail.cf) with the (1) promiscuous_relay, (2) accept_unresolvable_domains, and (3) accept_unqualified_senders features enabled, which allows Sendmail to be used as an open mail relay for sending spam e-mail.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#814617

Name: VU#814617

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814617

External Source: XF

Name: aix-sendmail-mail-relay(11993)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/11993

External Source: BID

Name: 7580

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7580

External Source: MISC

Name: http://security.sdsc.edu/advisories/2003.05.13-AIX-sendmail.txt

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://security.sdsc.edu/advisories/2003.05.13-AIX-sendmail.txt

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20030513 AIX sendmail open relay

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105284689228961&w=2