Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-0393 - Unspecified vulnerability in Eric Allman Sendmail 8.8/8.9.2

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
eric-allman
nessus
exploit available
NVD
Published: 1999-01-01
Updated: 2016-10-18

Summary

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Sendmail 8.8.x and 8.9.2 by sending messages with a large number of headers.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Eric_Allman
2

Exploit-Db

descriptionSendmail 8.9.2 Headers Prescan Denial Of Service Vulnerability. CVE-1999-0393. Dos exploit for irix platform
idEDB-ID:23167
last seen2016-02-02
modified1998-12-12
published1998-12-12
reportermarchew
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/23167/
titleSendmail 8.9.2 Headers Prescan Denial of Service Vulnerability

Nessus

NASL familySMTP problems
NASL idSENDMAIL_PARSING_REDIRECTION.NASL
descriptionThe remote Sendmail server, according to its version number, allows remote attackers cause a denial of service by sending messages with a large number of headers.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id11352
published2003-03-11
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2003-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/11352
titleSendmail < 8.9.3 Header Prescan Function Message Header DoS

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