VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2001-0653
Sendmail 8.10.0 through 8.11.5, and 8.12.0 beta, allows local users to modify process memory and possibly gain privileges via a large value in the 'category' part of debugger (-d) command line arguments, which is interpreted as a negative number.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 1.18%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Sendmail 8.10.0 through 8.11.5, and 8.12.0 beta, allows local users to modify process memory and possibly gain privileges via a large value in the 'category' part of debugger (-d) command line arguments, which is interpreted as a negative number.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.18% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sendmail/sendmail
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-017.txt.asc
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000412
- http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-032-01
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99841063100516&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001-106.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-032.0.txt
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-133.shtml
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-075.php3
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_028_sendmail_txt.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3163Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.sendmail.org/8.11.html
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-007
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7016
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-017.txt.asc
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000412
- http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-032-01
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99841063100516&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001-106.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-032.0.txt
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-133.shtml
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-075.php3
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_028_sendmail_txt.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3163Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.sendmail.org/8.11.html
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-007
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7016
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.