CVE-2001-0653

security flaw

Published Mar 9, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-0639 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.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 4:30 AM
Reserved
Aug 14, 2001, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 20, 2001, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM
Severity
Public date
Aug 21, 2001, 12:00 AM