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Sendmail mail.local DOS
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
SMTP problems
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
mail.local in the remote sendmail server, according to its version number, does not properly identify the '.\n' string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 2047 characters long and ends in '.\n'.
Solution
Solution
Install sendmail version 8.10.0 and higher, or install a vendor supplied patch.