CVE-2004-0833: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Sendmail before 8.12.3 on Debian GNU/Linux, when using sasl and sasl-bin, uses a Sendmail configuration script with a fixed username and password, which could allow remote attackers to use Sendmail as an open mail relay and send spam messages.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 3.0 only

Published 2004-12-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.