CVE-2006-7176

NameCVE-2006-7176
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
sendmail (PTS)jessie8.14.4-8+deb8u2fixed
stretch (lts), stretch8.15.2-8+deb9u2fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)8.15.2-14~deb10u3fixed
bullseye8.15.2-22+deb11u3fixed
bookworm8.17.1.9-2+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie8.18.1-6fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
sendmailsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- sendmail <not-affected> (Not a program flaw, a DNS error)

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