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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2002-2261

Published: Dec 31, 2002 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2261
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.6 allows remote attackers to bypass relaying restrictions enforced by the check_relay function by spoofing a blank DNS hostname.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SendmailSendmail8.9.0 (including)8.9.0 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.9.1 (including)8.9.1 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.9.2 (including)8.9.2 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.9.3 (including)8.9.3 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.10 (including)8.10 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.10.0 (including)8.10.0 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.10.1 (including)8.10.1 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.10.2 (including)8.10.2 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.11.0 (including)8.11.0 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.11.1 (including)8.11.1 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.11.2 (including)8.11.2 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.11.3 (including)8.11.3 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.11.4 (including)8.11.4 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.11.5 (including)8.11.5 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.11.6 (including)8.11.6 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.11.7 (including)8.11.7 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.12-beta10 (including)8.12-beta10 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.12-beta12 (including)8.12-beta12 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.12-beta16 (including)8.12-beta16 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.12-beta5 (including)8.12-beta5 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.12-beta7 (including)8.12-beta7 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.12.0 (including)8.12.0 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.12.1 (including)8.12.1 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.12.2 (including)8.12.2 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.12.3 (including)8.12.3 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.12.4 (including)8.12.4 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.12.5 (including)8.12.5 (including)
SendmailSendmail8.12.6 (including)8.12.6 (including)

References

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