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Sendmail Bounce To Program Vulnerability

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Sendmail Bounce To Program Vulnerability

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/17/1995
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/01/2004
Modified
12/04/2013

Description

In Sendmail, attackers can gain root privileges via SMTP by specifying an improper "MAIL FROM" address and an invalid "RCPT TO" address that would cause the mail to bounce to a program.

Solution(s)

  • sendmail-upgrade-8_6_12

References

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