High 7.5Published Oct 6, 2003

CVE-2003-0681A "potential buffer overflow in ruleset parsing" for Sendmail 8.12.9, when using the nonstandard rulesets (1) recipient (2), final, or (3) mailer-specific envelope recipients, has unknown consequence…

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A "potential buffer overflow in ruleset parsing" for Sendmail 8.12.9, when using the nonstandard rulesets (1) recipient (2), final, or (3) mailer-specific envelope recipients, has unknown consequences.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

sendmail advanced_message_server sendmail:advanced_message_server	1.2; 1.3	NVD
sendmail sendmail sendmail:sendmail	2.6; 2.6.1; 2.6.2; 3.0; 3.0.1; 3.0.2; 3.0.3; 8.8.8; and 29 more ranges	NVD
sendmail sendmail_pro sendmail:sendmail_pro	8.9.2; 8.9.3	NVD
sendmail sendmail_switch sendmail:sendmail_switch	2.1; 2.1.1; 2.1.2; 2.1.3; 2.1.4; 2.1.5; 2.2; 2.2.1; and 8 more ranges	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.2; 10.2.1; 10.2.2; 10.2.3; 10.2.4; 10.2.5; 10.2.6	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.2; 10.2.1; 10.2.2; 10.2.3; 10.2.4; 10.2.5; 10.2.6	NVD
gentoo linux gentoo:linux	0.5; 0.7; 1.1a; 1.2; 1.4; 1.4; 1.4	NVD
hp hp-ux hp:hp-ux	11.00; 11.0.4; 11.11; 11.22	NVD
ibm aix ibm:aix	4.3.3; 5.1; 5.2	NVD
netbsd netbsd netbsd:netbsd	1.4.3; 1.5; 1.5; 1.5; 1.5.1; 1.5.2; 1.5.3; 1.6; and 2 more ranges	NVD
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References

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000742
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106383437615742&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106398718909274&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-384
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/108964	us-government-resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:092
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-283.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8649	vendor-advisory
http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.10.html	patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13216
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