CVE-2003-0688
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2003-0688 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2003-10-20 04:00:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Compaq | Tru64 | 5.0a | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Compaq | Tru64 | 5.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.7 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.8 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Openbsd | Openbsd | 3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Sendmail | 8.12.5-7 | All | i386 | All |
| Application | Redhat | Sendmail | 8.12.5-7 | All | i386_cf | All |
| Application | Redhat | Sendmail | 8.12.5-7 | All | i386_dev | All |
| Application | Redhat | Sendmail | 8.12.5-7 | All | i386_doc | All |
| Application | Redhat | Sendmail | 8.12.8-4 | All | i386 | All |
| Application | Redhat | Sendmail | 8.12.8-4 | All | i386_cf | All |
| Application | Redhat | Sendmail | 8.12.8-4 | All | i386_dev | All |
| Application | Redhat | Sendmail | 8.12.8-4 | All | i386_doc | 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 |
| Operating System | Sgi | Irix | 6.5.19 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sgi | Irix | 6.5.20 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sgi | Irix | 6.5.21 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030803-01-P | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | patches.sgi.com | |
| CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#993452 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.kb.cert.org | US Government Resource |
| Advisories - Mandriva Linux | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Home - Conectiva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | distro.conectiva.com.br | |
| Sendmail - DNS map problem in 8.12.x before 8.12.9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.sendmail.org | |
| NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.novell.com | |
| redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.