CVE-2003-0161

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0161
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-04-02 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:26:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0b All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0d All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0d_pk9_bl17 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0f All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0f_pk6_bl17 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0f_pk7_bl18 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0g All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0g_pk3_bl17 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0a All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0a_pk3_bl17 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0f All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0_pk4_bl17 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0_pk4_bl18 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1a All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1a_pk1_bl1 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1a_pk2_bl2 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1a_pk3_bl3 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1b All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1b_pk1_bl1 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1_pk3_bl17 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1_pk4_bl18 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1_pk5_bl19 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1_pk6_bl20 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0b All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0d All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0d_pk9_bl17 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0f All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0f_pk6_bl17 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0f_pk7_bl18 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0g All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0g_pk3_bl17 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0a All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0a_pk3_bl17 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0f All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0_pk4_bl17 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0_pk4_bl18 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1a All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1a_pk1_bl1 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1a_pk2_bl2 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1a_pk3_bl3 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1b All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1b_pk1_bl1 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1_pk3_bl17 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1_pk4_bl18 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1_pk5_bl19 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1_pk6_bl20 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.00 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.01 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.08 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.09 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.16 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.20 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.24 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.26 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.30 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.34 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.0.4 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.00 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.11 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.20 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.22 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.00 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.01 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.08 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.09 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.16 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.20 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.24 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.26 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.30 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.34 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.0.4 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.00 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.11 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.20 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.22 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux Series 700 10.20 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux Series 700 10.20 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux Series 800 10.20 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux Series 800 10.20 All All All
Operating System Hp Sis All All All All
Operating System Hp Sis All All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 2.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 2.6.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 2.6.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 3.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 3.0.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 3.0.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 3.0.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta10 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta12 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta16 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta5 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta7 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 2.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 2.6.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 2.6.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 3.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 3.0.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 3.0.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 3.0.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta10 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta12 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta16 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta5 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta7 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.1.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.1.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.1.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.1.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.1.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.2.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.2.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.2.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.2.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.2.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 3.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 3.0.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 3.0.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 3.0.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.1.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.1.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.1.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.1.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.1.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.2.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.2.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.2.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.2.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 2.2.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 3.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 3.0.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 3.0.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Switch 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.4 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.5 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.5.1 All ppc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.5.1 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.6 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 7.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 x86_update_2 All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.4 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.5 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.5.1 All ppc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.5.1 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.6 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 7.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 x86_update_2 All All
Operating System Sun Sunos - All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.4 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.7 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.8 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos - All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.4 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.7 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1001088 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Sendmail Address Prescan Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CSSA-2003-016.0 CALDERA ftp.caldera.com
FreeBSD-SA-03:07 FREEBSD ftp.freebsd.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-278-1 sendmail DEBIAN www.debian.org
'Sendmail: -1 gone wild' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux — Error 404 (Not Found) GENTOO www.gentoo.org
#52620: sendmail(1M) Parses Addresses Incorrectly in Certain Corner Cases java.lang.NullPointerException SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Apple - Lists.apple.com CONFIRM lists.apple.com
'sendmail 8.12.9 available' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
'[OpenPKG-SA-2003.027] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sendmail)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-290-1 sendmail-wide DEBIAN www.debian.org
[Full-Disclosure] Sendmail: -1 gone wild FULLDISC lists.grok.org.uk
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#897604 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
#52700: Sun Linux and Cobalt Legacy Products are Vulnerable to a Additional sendmail(1M) Buffer Overflow java.lang.NullPointerException SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
SCOSA-2004.11 SCO ftp.sco.com
CERT Advisory CA-2003-12 Buffer Overflow in Sendmail CERT www.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
20030401-01-P SGI patches.sgi.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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