Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2003-0161 First vendor Publication 2003-04-02
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-30

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0161

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 35
Application 16
Os 25
Os 16
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 9
Os 7

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 278-1 (sendmail)
File : nvt/deb_278_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 278-2 (sendmail)
File : nvt/deb_278_2.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 290-1 (sendmail-wide)
File : nvt/deb_290_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
8294 Sendmail NOCHAR Control Value prescan Overflow

A remote overflow exists in Sendmail. Due to a vulnerable char to int conversion it is possible to use the NOCHAR control value to bypass the length check done by the prescan function resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can execute arbitrary code resulting in a loss of integrity.

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Sendmail RCPT TO prescan too long addresses overflow
RuleID : 2270-community - Revision : 18 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 Sendmail RCPT TO prescan too long addresses overflow
RuleID : 2270 - Revision : 18 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 Sendmail MAIL FROM prescan too long addresses overflow
RuleID : 2268-community - Revision : 16 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 Sendmail MAIL FROM prescan too long addresses overflow
RuleID : 2268 - Revision : 16 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 Sendmail SOML FROM prescan too long addresses overflow
RuleID : 2266-community - Revision : 16 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 Sendmail SOML FROM prescan too long addresses overflow
RuleID : 2266 - Revision : 16 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 Sendmail SAML FROM prescan too long addresses overflow
RuleID : 2264-community - Revision : 16 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 Sendmail SAML FROM prescan too long addresses overflow
RuleID : 2264 - Revision : 16 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 Sendmail SEND FROM prescan too long addresses overflow
RuleID : 2262-community - Revision : 16 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 Sendmail SEND FROM prescan too long addresses overflow
RuleID : 2262 - Revision : 16 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 VRFY overflow attempt
RuleID : 2260-community - Revision : 17 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 VRFY overflow attempt
RuleID : 2260 - Revision : 17 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 EXPN overflow attempt
RuleID : 2259-community - Revision : 17 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 EXPN overflow attempt
RuleID : 2259 - Revision : 17 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 Sendmail Content-Transfer-Encoding overflow attempt
RuleID : 2183-community - Revision : 16 - Type : SERVER-MAIL
2014-01-10 Sendmail Content-Transfer-Encoding overflow attempt
RuleID : 2183 - Revision : 16 - Type : SERVER-MAIL

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-09-25 Name : The remote HP-UX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : hpux_PHNE_35483.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-09-25 Name : The remote HP-UX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : hpux_PHNE_35484.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-02-16 Name : The remote HP-UX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : hpux_PHNE_28409.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-02-16 Name : The remote HP-UX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : hpux_PHNE_29526.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-278.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-290.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-31 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2003-042.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2003-121.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2003-03-29 Name : Arbitrary code may be run on the remote server
File : sendmail_conversion_overflow.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7230
BUGTRAQ 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://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
CALDERA ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-016.0.txt
CERT http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-12.html
CERT-VN http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/897604
CONECTIVA http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000614
CONFIRM http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-278
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-290
FREEBSD ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:07.sendmail.asc
FULLDISC http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004295.html
GENTOO http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200303-27.xml
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-120.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-121.html
SCO ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt
SGI ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030401-01-P
SUNALERT 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

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