CVE-2003-0161 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the prescan() function of Sendmail versions prior to 8.12.9, also affecting Compaq, HP, and Sun systems. This flaw allows remote attackers to disable length checks by misinterpreting input as a special control value, leading to denial of service and potentially arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit code for remote command execution and memory corruption is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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