Eric Allman Sendmail up to 8.9.3 mail.local denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Eric Allman Sendmail. Impacted is an unknown function of the file mail.local. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0319. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Eric Allman Sendmail (Mail Server Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file mail.local. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 04/23/2000 by 3APA3A (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0319. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11351 (Sendmail < 8.10.0 mail.local Newline Handling Remote DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SMTP problems. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 74087 (Sendmail mail.local Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4556), Tenable (11351), SecurityFocus (BID 1146†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1223†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 11351
Nessus Name: Sendmail < 8.10.0 mail.local Newline Handling Remote DoS
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OpenVAS ID: 11351
OpenVAS Name: Sendmail mail.local DOS
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: 3APA3A
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0319 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0319
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15482
X-Force: 4556
SecurityFocus: 1146 - Sendmail mail.local Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 1223 - DoS in Sendmail mail.local, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 12:00
Updated: 10/16/2025 17:14
Changes: 06/24/2014 12:00 (64), 07/03/2017 10:38 (4), 06/23/2021 13:52 (3), 10/16/2025 17:14 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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