CVE-2006-7176
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 2.1% (81th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-7158)
- Published
- March 27, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-7158 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / enterprise linux
- sendmail / sendmail
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25743
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-248.htm
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0252.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23742
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=171838
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11499
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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