sendmail allows external mail with from address xxx@localhost.localdomain
Published Mar 27, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.00%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Running on/with
- 4.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
sendmail-0:8.13.1-3.2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0252
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
sendmail-0:8.13.8-8.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0237
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | sendmail-0:8.13.1-3.2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0252 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | sendmail-0:8.13.8-8.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0237 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.00% (0.02003) | 80.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.99% (0.01986) | 77.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.70% (0.00697) | 70.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.96% (0.00958) | 83.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2024 | 0.96% (0.00958) | 83.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2024 | 1.09% (0.01086) | 83.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 29, 2024 | 1.18% (0.01179) | 83.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 22, 2023 | 0.83% (0.00830) | 80.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 14, 2023 | 0.79% (0.00790) | 79.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 29, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 78.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 22, 2023 | 0.71% (0.00709) | 77.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 0.67% (0.00674) | 76.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.62% (0.00623) | 75.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25743 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-248.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0252.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23742 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7176 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=171838 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=238540 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7176
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11499 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-7176
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/25743 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-248.htm | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0252.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23742 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7176 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=171838 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=238540 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7176 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11499 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-7176 |
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