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CVE-2006-7176

The version of Sendmail 8.13.1-2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 and earlier does not reject the "localhost.local

The version of Sendmail 8.13.1-2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 and earlier does not reject the "localhost.localdomain" domain name for e-mail messages that come from external hosts, which might allow remote attackers to spoof messages.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00757
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

1
sendmailall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD27 Mar 2007 · 11:19 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHSA-2010:0237Low
rhsaRHSA-2007:0252Low
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
http://secunia.com/advisories/25743
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-248.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0252.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23742
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=171838
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