# CVE-2007-2246: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on HP-UX systems running specific sendmail versions via unspecified vectors.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Apr 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-35h8-v5vr-r4m7

## What is CVE-2007-2246?

CVE-2007-2246 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Apr 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in HP-UX B.11.00 and B.11.11, when running sendmail 8.9.3 or 8.11.1; and HP-UX B.11.23 when running sendmail 8.11.1; allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown attack vectors.  NOTE: due to the lack of details from HP, it is not known whether this issue is a duplicate of another CVE such as CVE-2006-1173 or CVE-2006-4434.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2246?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sendmail Sendmail.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-2246?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2246 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-2246 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2246 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2006-0058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0058/): Race condition in n/a (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2009-4565](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4565/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2002-2261](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2261/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-1999-1592](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1592/): Other in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2006-7175](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-7175/): Weak cryptography in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-2246 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-2246 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Apr 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2246 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2246/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2246/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2246
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2246
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-2246

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.