SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2002-2423

Sendmail 8.12.0 through 8.12.6 truncates log messages longer than 100 characters, which allows remote attackers to prevent the IP address from being logged via a long IDENT response.

MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 1.17%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Sendmail 8.12.0 through 8.12.6 truncates log messages longer than 100 characters, which allows remote attackers to prevent the IP address from being logged via a long IDENT response.

CVSS 2.0
6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS
1.17% probability · 66th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
sendmail/sendmail
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.