CVE-2009-0770

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2009-0770 · Published 06/03/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-0770 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting dkim-milter (dkim).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.8%, higher than 86.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
dkim-milter dkim	`= 2.6.0= 2.7.0= 2.7.1= 2.7.2= 2.8.0`	No fix yet

Description

dkim-milter 2.6.0 through 2.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by signing a message with a key that has been revoked in DNS, which triggers an assertion error.

References

secunia.com/advisories/33581 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/34053 · Vendor Advisory
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php · Patch
sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php · Exploit
debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1728 · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/01/1
securityfocus.com/bid/33337 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48085

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