CVE-2001-0653

Public Exploit

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.

4.6

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.32%

Vendor Advisory linux-mandrake.com Vendor Advisory netbsd.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory calderasystems.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory immunix.org Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-075.php3	vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-017.txt.asc	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_028_sendmail_txt.html	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7016	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3163	exploit vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-032.0.txt	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001-106.html	vendor advisory
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-032-01	vendor advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-133.shtml	third party advisory government resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99841063100516&w=2	mailing list
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-007	vendor advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000412	vendor advisory
http://www.sendmail.org/8.11.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2001-0653?: CVE-2001-0653 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2001-0653?: To fix CVE-2001-0653, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2001-0653 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2001-0653 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.