DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0906

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0906

    Published: 4 Oct 2002Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2002-0906

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.12.5, when configured to use a custom DNS map to query TXT records, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malicious DNS server.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-0906

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sendmail

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/sendmail?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.12.5

    Affected versions

    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