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CVE-1999-0976 — LOW severity vulnerability (Sendmail allows local users to reinitialize the aliases data)

Sendmail allows local users to reinitialize the aliases database via the newaliases command, then cause a denial of service by interrupting Sendmail.

CVE IDCVE-1999-0976
SeverityLOW
CVSS score2.1
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1999-12-07
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionSendmail allows local users to reinitialize the aliases database via the newaliases command, then cause a denial of service by interrupting Sendmail.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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