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CVE-2003-0688: compaq tru64

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2003-0688
Published 03-09-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0688 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in compaq tru64. EPSS estimates a 3.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.56%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-09-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The DNS map code in Sendmail 8.12.8 and earlier, when using the "enhdnsbl" feature, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an invalid DNS response that causes Sendmail to free incorrect data.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.56% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.56%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Compaq1 product
Debian1 product
  • sendmail< 8.12.9
Freebsd1 product
Openbsd1 product
Redhat1 product
Sendmail1 product
  • sendmail8.12.1 | 8.12.2 | 8.12.3 | 8.12.4 | 8.12.5 | 8.12.6 | 8.12.7 | 8.12.8
Sgi1 product
  • irix6.5.19 | 6.5.20 | 6.5.21

7 vendors · 7 products

References

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