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Vendor: Eric Allman • 14 CVEs

CVEs (14)

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1Eric Allman
1Sendmail
Apr 16, 2026
Apr 23, 2000
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
5.0 MEDIUM· v2
mail.local in Sendmail 8.10.x does not properly identify the .\n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that i...Show more
mail.local in Sendmail 8.10.x does not properly identify the .\n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 2047 characters long and ends in .\n.Show less
1Eric Allman
1Sendmail
Apr 16, 2026
Dec 7, 1999
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
2.1 LOW· v2
Sendmail allows local users to reinitialize the aliases database via the newaliases command, then cause a denial of service by interrupting Sendmail.
1Eric Allman
1Sendmail
Apr 16, 2026
Jan 1, 1999
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
5.0 MEDIUM· v2
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.
1Eric Allman
1Sendmail
Apr 16, 2026
Jan 1, 1999
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
5.0 MEDIUM· v2
Denial of service in Sendmail 8.6.11 and 8.6.12.
3Bsdi
CalderaEric Allman
3Bsd Os
OpenlinuxSendmail
Apr 16, 2026
Jan 28, 1997
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
10.0 HIGH· v2
MIME conversion buffer overflow in sendmail versions 8.8.3 and 8.8.4.
1Eric Allman
1Sendmail
Apr 16, 2026
Jan 1, 1997
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
10.0 HIGH· v2
Sendmail 8.6.9 allows remote attackers to execute root commands, using ident.
1Eric Allman
1Sendmail
Apr 16, 2026
Jan 1, 1997
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
7.2 HIGH· v2
In older versions of Sendmail, an attacker could use a pipe character to execute root commands.
7Bsdi
Eric AllmanFreebsd+4 more
9Aix
Bsd OsFreebsd+6 more
Apr 16, 2026
Dec 3, 1996
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
4.6 MEDIUM· v2
Sendmail allows local users to write to a file and gain group permissions via a .forward or :include: file.
7Bsdi
CalderaEric Allman+4 more
7Aix
Bsd OsFreebsd+4 more
Apr 16, 2026
Nov 16, 1996
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
7.2 HIGH· v2
Local users can start Sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges.
1Eric Allman
1Sendmail
Apr 16, 2026
Oct 1, 1996
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
10.0 HIGH· v2
MIME buffer overflow in Sendmail 8.8.0 and 8.8.1 gives root access.
8Bsdi
DigitalEric Allman+5 more
9Aix
Bsd OsFreebsd+6 more
Apr 16, 2026
Sep 11, 1996
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
7.2 HIGH· v2
Buffer overflow and denial of service in Sendmail 8.7.5 and earlier through GECOS field gives root access to local users.
1Eric Allman
1Sendmail
Apr 16, 2026
Aug 17, 1995
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
10.0 HIGH· v2
In Sendmail, attackers can gain root privileges via SMTP by specifying an improper "mail from" address and an invalid "rcpt to" address that would cause the mail to bounce to a program.
1Eric Allman
1Sendmail
Apr 16, 2026
Sep 30, 1993
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
7.2 HIGH· v2
Sendmail WIZ command enabled, allowing root access.
1Eric Allman
1Sendmail
Apr 16, 2026
Oct 1, 1988
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
10.0 HIGH· v2
The debug command in Sendmail is enabled, allowing attackers to execute commands as root.