Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-0906
CVE-2002-0906
Description
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.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <8.12.5
Patches
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References
5- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9443.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814627nvdUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5122nvd
- www.sendmail.org/8.12.5.htmlnvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2183nvd
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