Vulnerability Name:

CVE-1999-0393 (CCN-3477)

Assigned:1999-01-01
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.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Sat, 12 Dec 1998 02:22:10 +01
Sendmail 8.8.x/8.9.x bugware

Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:39:56 +0100
** Sendmail 8.9.2 DoS - exploit ** get what you want!

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-1999-0393

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
19990121 Sendmail 8.8.x/8.9.x bugware

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 9310
Sendmail Header Prescan Function Message Header DoS

Source: CCN
Type: SecuriTeam Mailing List, Security Holes & Exploits 20 Jan 1999
Sendmail 8.9/8.8 vulnerable to two new attacks

Source: CCN
Type: BID-8674
Sendmail Headers Prescan Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
sendmail-parsing-redirection(3477)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:sendmail:sendmail:8.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:hp:sendmail:8.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    eric_allman sendmail 8.8
    eric_allman sendmail 8.9.2
    eric_allman sendmail 8.8.1
    eric_allman sendmail 8.8.2
    eric_allman sendmail 8.8.3
    eric_allman sendmail 8.8.4
    sendmail sendmail 8.9.2
    sendmail sendmail 8.8.8
    eric_allman sendmail 8.8.5
    hp sendmail 8.8.6