CVE-2003-0161

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.

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GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-2259-4w76-9w2p

The prescan() function in the address parser (parseaddr.c) in Sendmail before 8.12.9 does not...

References (54)

• ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-016.0.txt
• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:07.sendmail.asc
• ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030401-01-P
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000614
• http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004295.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104896621106790&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104897487512238&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104914999806315&w=2
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52620-1
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52700-1
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001088.1-1
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-12.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-278