{"id":"CVE-2003-0161","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:35:24.116591Z","published":"2003-04-02T05:00:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:07.sendmail.asc"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030401-01-P"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-12.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-278"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-290"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-120.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7230"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-12.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-120.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7230"},{"type":"WEB","url":"ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-016.0.txt"},{"type":"WEB","url":"ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000614"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-March/004295.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104896621106790&w=2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104897487512238&w=2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104914999806315&w=2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52620-1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52700-1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1001088.1-1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200303-27.xml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/897604"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-121.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316961/30/25250/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/317135/30/25220/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/321997"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}