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CVE-2006-7176

Published: Mar 27, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
2.0%
Top 22.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
sendmailsendmail
On-prem
Communications / email-server-client
sendmailoss-projectCommunicationsaka sendmail switch, advanced message server

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
secunia.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=171838
bugzilla.redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0252.html
redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Mar 27, 2007
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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