Open Mail Relay Vulnerability in Linuxconf 1.24

CVE-2002-1278 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The mailconf module in Linuxconf 1.24, and other versions before 1.28, on Conectiva Linux 6.0 through 8, and possibly other distributions, generates the Sendmail configuration file (sendmail.cf) in a way that configures Sendmail to run as an open mail relay, which allows remote attackers to send Spam email.

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