CVE-1999-0976: Eric Allman Sendmail

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Eric Allman Sendmail: version 8.9.3 only

Published 1999-12-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.