CVE-1999-0206

Summary

CVE-1999-0206 is a critical vulnerability affecting Sendmail versions 8.8.0 and 8.8.1. This issue involves a MIME buffer overflow, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Successful exploitation could result in complete system compromise. Sendmail users are strongly urged to update to a patched version as soon as possible to mitigate this risk. The vulnerability occurs due to a failure to properly validate user-supplied MIME data, enabling attackers to craft malicious messages that trigger the buffer overflow.

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