Description
mail.local in Sendmail 8.10.x does not properly identify the .\n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 2047 characters long and ends in .\n.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- ERIC_ALLMAN
- Published
- 4/23/2000
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
eric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmail
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