CVE-2002-1337

Public Exploit

Description

Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 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.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 63.37% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory sco.com Vendor Advisory sco.com Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory netbsd.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory iss.net Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory sendmail.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-073.html vendor advisory broken link
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030301-01-P vendor advisory broken link
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40501&apar=only vendor advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862109841&w=2 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-227.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6991 patch vendor advisory exploit vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/398025 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.8.html patch vendor advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-257 vendor advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678739608479&w=2 third party advisory mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2222 vdb entry signature broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-074.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-07.html us government resource patch third party advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104673778105192&w=2 third party advisory mailing list
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:028 vendor advisory broken link
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40500&apar=only vendor advisory broken link
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10748.php vdb entry broken link
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/CSSA-2003-SCO.6 vendor advisory broken link
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/CSSA-2003-SCO.5 vendor advisory broken link
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000571 vendor advisory broken link
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-002.txt.asc vendor advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104679411316818&w=2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21950 broken link third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40502&apar=only vendor advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862409849&w=2 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2002-1337?
CVE-2002-1337 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2002-1337?
To fix CVE-2002-1337, 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-2002-1337 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2002-1337 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~63% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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