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CVE-2006-0058

45
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0058 describes a critical signal handler race condition in Sendmail versions 8.13.x prior to 8.13.6. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating timeouts, causing setjmp and longjmp functions to corrupt memory. With a CVSS score of 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, it indicates high severity with remote access, high attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or having significant community discussion or media coverage, a Proof-of-Concept exploit (EDB-2051) exists, suggesting potential for exploitation despite no evidence of active widespread attacks.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.13.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.13.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.6HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
28.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2051 · Jul 21, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2814 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: sendmail-0:8.12.11-4.RHEL3.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: sendmail-0:8.13.1-3.RHEL4.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-0058Critical

security flaw

Mar 22, 2006

References

ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:13.sendmail.asc
ftp.netbsd.org / pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-010.txt.asc
ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.24/SCOSA-2006.24.txt
patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060302-01-P
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secunia.com / advisories/19346
secunia.com / advisories/19349
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secunia.com / advisories/19360
secunia.com / advisories/19361
secunia.com / advisories/19363
secunia.com / advisories/19367
secunia.com / advisories/19368
secunia.com / advisories/19394
secunia.com / advisories/19404
secunia.com / advisories/19407
secunia.com / advisories/19450
secunia.com / advisories/19466
secunia.com / advisories/19532
secunia.com / advisories/19533
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securitytracker.com / id
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US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sendmail.html
openbsd.org / errata38.html
openpkg.org / security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.007-sendmail.html
osvdb.org / 24037
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00017.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00018.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0264.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0265.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428536/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428656/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17192
sendmail.com / company/advisory/index.shtml
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-081A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1049
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1051
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1068
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1072
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1139
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1157
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1529
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2189
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2490