Sendmail allows SSLv2 during STARTTLS, and the CipherList config option isn't supported so you can't turn it off
Published Mar 27, 2007
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.82%
Description
The version of Sendmail 8.13.1-2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 and earlier does not allow the administrator to disable SSLv2 encryption, which could cause less secure channels to be used than desired.
Affected products
No data.
Running on/with
- 4.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
** DISPUTED ** Sendmail classes the CipherList directive as "for future release"; currently unsupported and undocumented. Therefore the lack of support for the CipherList directive in various Red Hat products is not a vulnerability.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.82% (0.00820) | 55.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.82% (0.00820) | 52.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.16% (0.00159) | 34.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00161) | 54.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00147) | 50.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00147) | 48.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7175 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172352 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=172352 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7175
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-7175
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7175 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172352 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=172352 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7175 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-7175 |
Change history (0)
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