CVE-ID

CVE-2003-0161

• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The 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.
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20030324 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20030324)
Votes (Legacy)
NOOP(1) Christey
Comments (Legacy)
 Christey> MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2003:042
   (as suggested by Vincent Danen of Mandrake)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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