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Sendmail Header Parsing Buffer Overflow 2

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Sendmail Header Parsing Buffer Overflow 2

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/02/2003
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/01/2004
Modified
07/16/2012

Description

In all versions of Sendmail prior to v8.12.9, there exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in the header parsing logic that, when exploited, will yield remote root privilege.

Solution(s)

  • sendmail-upgrade-8_12_9

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