PT-2003-1143 · Sendmail · Sendmail

Published 2003-03-07 · Updated 2024-02-09 · CVE-2002-1337

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sendmail versions 5.79 through 8.12.7

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain formatted address fields, related to sender and recipient header comments as processed by the crackaddr function of headers.c.

Recommendations For Sendmail versions 5.79 through 8.12.7, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the crackaddr function in headers.c to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1337

DSA-257

Affected Products

Sendmail

References · 33

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/22314 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/22313 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/411 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/6991 · Exploit
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104679411316818&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1337 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030301-01-P · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1337 · Vendor Advisory
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40500&apar=only · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1337 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2003/dsa-257 · Vendor Advisory
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40502&apar=only · Vendor Advisory
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000571 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sendmail.org/8.12.8.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-074.html · Vendor Advisory