DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0906

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-0906
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0906.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0906
Upstream
Published
2002-10-04T04:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:02:55.955640Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / sendmail

Package

Name
sendmail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sendmail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.12.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0906.json"

Debian:12 / sendmail

Package

Name
sendmail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sendmail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.12.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0906.json"

Debian:13 / sendmail

Package

Name
sendmail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sendmail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.12.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0906.json"

Debian:14 / sendmail

Package

Name
sendmail
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sendmail?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.12.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0906.json"