The DNS map code in Sendmail 8.12.8 and earlier, when using the "enhdnsbl" feature, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an invalid DNS response that causes Sendmail to free incorrect data.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-0679 The DNS map code in Sendmail 8.12.8 and earlier, when using the "enhdnsbl" feature, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an invalid DNS response that causes Sendmail to free incorrect data.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:11.108Z

Reserved: 2003-08-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-0688

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2003-10-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2003-0688

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Severity :

Publid Date: 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2003-0688 - Bugzilla

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