CVE-2003-0694

critical

Description

The 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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A603

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A572

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2975

http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.10.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-284.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-283.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:092

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/784980

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-384

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-25.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106398718909274&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106383437615742&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106382859407683&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106381604923204&w=2

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000742

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0113.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2003-q3/4119.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-10-06

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H