CVE-2003-0688
N/A
Published: September 3, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC
6 products affected across 6 vendorsFreeBSDOpenBSDIrix
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
The DNS map code in Sendmail 8.12.8 and earlier, when using the "enhdnsbl" feature, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an invalid DNS response that causes Sendmail to free incorrect data.
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
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030803-01-P
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000727
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:086
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_035_sendmail.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-265.html
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030803-01-PVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000727Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/993452Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:086Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_035_sendmail.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-265.htmlVDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A597Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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