CVE-2003-0308
N/A
Published: May 17, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxSendmail
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The Sendmail 8.12.3 package in Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 does not securely create temporary files, which could allow local users to gain additional privileges via (1) expn, (2) checksendmail, or (3) doublebounce.pl.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sendmail-baseVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-305Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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