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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.6/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- 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
- 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
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 20, 2001
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified