CVE-2003-0694

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    CVE-2003-0694

    Published: 6 Oct 2003Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via buffer overflow attacks, as demonstrated using the parseaddr function in parseaddr.c.

    References: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-25.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-384, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:092, http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-25.html, http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.10.html, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt, http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2003-q3/4119.html, http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0113.html, http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000742, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106381604923204&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106382859407683&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106383437615742&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106398718909274&w=2, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/784980, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-283.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-284.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2975, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A572, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A603

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High