CVE-2006-7176

N/A Unknown
Published: March 27, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/25743
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-248.htm
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0252.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23742
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=171838
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11499
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/25743
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-248.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0252.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23742
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=171838
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11499
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
73th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

sendmail redhat