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TI-1999-00472 Aliases CVE-1999-0478GHSA-gr8q-pc3h-3qwp

Denial of service in HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 related to accepting connections.

Priority LOW 26Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Denial of service in HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 related to accepting connections.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0136 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 8.9.2VulnerableSendmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 8.9.2 Vulnerable ·Sendmail

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-0478
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gr8q-pc3h-3qwp

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2002-01263 Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00642 The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00154 The prescan() function in the address parser (parseaddr.c) in Sendmail before 8.12.9 does… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-00053 Signal handler race condition in Sendmail 8.13.x before 8.13.6 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2003-00632 A "potential buffer overflow in ruleset parsing" for Sendmail 8.12.9, when using the… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-04282 Use-after-free vulnerability in Sendmail before 8.13.8 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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