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CVE-2003-0161 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-016.0.txt CVE
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:07.sendmail.asc CVE
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt CVE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030401-01-P CVE
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000614 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2003-0161
NVD Published Date:
Apr 2, 2003
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2003-0161 Details - Not Deferred