CVE-2006-7176

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-7176
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-03-27 23:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe version of Sendmail 8.13.1-2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 and earlier does not reject the "localhost.localdomain" domain name for e-mail messages that come from external hosts, which might allow remote attackers to spoof messages.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 update4 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.1.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Sendmail Localhost.Localdomain Email Spoofing Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Avaya Products sendmail Weakness - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ASA-2007-248 (RHSA-2007-0252) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
171838 – CVE-2006-7176 sendmail allows external mail with from address [email protected] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Red Hat Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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