Vulnerability CVE-2003-0161


Published: 2003-04-02   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
10/10
10/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
SUN -> Solaris 
SUN -> Sunos 
Sendmail -> Sendmail 
Sendmail -> Sendmail switch 
HP -> Hp-ux 
HP -> Hp-ux series 700 
HP -> Hp-ux series 800 
HP -> SIS 
Compaq -> Tru64 

 References:
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-016.0.txt
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:07.sendmail.asc
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030401-01-P
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000614
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004295.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104896621106790&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104897487512238&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104914999806315&w=2
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52620-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52700-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001088.1-1
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-12.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-278
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-290
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200303-27.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/897604
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-120.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-121.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316961/30/25250/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/317135/30/25220/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/321997
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7230

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