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CVE-2000-0319 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (mail.local in Sendmail 8.10.x does not properly identify the)

mail.local in Sendmail 8.10.x does not properly identify the .\n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 2047 characters long and ends in .\n.

CVE IDCVE-2000-0319
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2000-04-23
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionmail.local in Sendmail 8.10.x does not properly identify the .\n string which identifies the end of message text, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or corrupt mailboxes via a message line that is 2047 characters long and ends in .\n.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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