Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 27, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-7176
CVE-2006-7176
Description
The version of Sendmail 8.13.1-2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 and earlier does not reject the "localhost.localdomain" domain name for e-mail messages that come from external hosts, which might allow remote attackers to spoof messages.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
7- secunia.com/advisories/25098nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25743nvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-248.htmnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0252.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23742nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11499nvd
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