National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2003-0161
Original release date:04/02/2003
Last revised:05/25/2010
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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CERT/CC Advisory: CA-2003-12
Name: CA-2003-12
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#897604
Name: VU#897604
External Source: BID
Name: 7230
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2003:120
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: IMMUNIX
Name: IMNX-2003-7+-002-01
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2003:121
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-290
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-278
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 1001088
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20030329 Sendmail: -1 gone wild
Type: Advisory
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20030329 Sendmail: -1 gone wild
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html
External Source: SGI
Name: 20030401-01-P
External Source: SCO
Name: SCOSA-2004.11
External Source: FREEBSD
Name: FreeBSD-SA-03:07
External Source: CALDERA
Name: CSSA-2003-016.0
External Source: IMMUNIX
Name: IMNX-2003-7+-002-01
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20030331 GLSA: sendmail (200303-27)
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20030520 [Fwd: 127 Research and Development: 127 Day!]
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200303-27
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 52700
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 52620
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20030330 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.027] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sendmail)
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20030329 sendmail 8.12.9 available
External Source: CONECTIVA
Name: CLA-2003:614
