CVE-2003-0694

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0694
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-10-06 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.6 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.6 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 4.0f_pk8_bl22 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 4.0g_pk4_bl22 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 5.1a_pk4_bl21 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1a_pk5_bl23 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 5.1b_pk2_bl22 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 Freebsd Freebsd 3.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 release_p38 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 release_p42 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 release_p32 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 release_p20 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 release_p17 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 release_p6 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.8 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.9 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 release_p14 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.1 release_p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.1 releng All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 0.5 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 0.7 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.1a All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.2 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc1 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc2 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc3 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 11.22 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.4.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5 All sh3 All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5 All x86 All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6 beta All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Advanced Message Server 1.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Advanced Message Server 1.3 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 8.12.9 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.8.8 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 Pro 8.9.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail Pro 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
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.15 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.16 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.17f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.17m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.18f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.18m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.19f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.19m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.20f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.20m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.21f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.21m All All 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 Sunos - All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.7 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.8 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Advanced Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 6.1 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 6.5 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Mandriva Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Neohapsis Archives - VulnWatch - #0113 - [VulnWatch] Zalewski Advisory - Sendmail 8.12.9 prescan bug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Sendmail - 8.12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sendmail.org Patch
CERT Advisory CA-2003-25 Buffer Overflow in Sendmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
'[OpenPKG-SA-2003.041] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sendmail)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'GLSA: sendmail (200309-13)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
'Sendmail 8.12.9 prescan bug (a new one) [CAN-2003-0694]' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-384-1 sendmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
'[slackware-security] Sendmail vulnerabilities fixed (SSA:2003-260-02)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#784980 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Neohapsis Archives - Full Disclosure List - #4119 - [Full-Disclosure] Sendmail 8.12.9 prescan bug (a new one) [CAN-2003-0694] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
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