CVE-2001-0653

N/A Unknown

Published: September 20, 2001 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-017.txt.asc

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000412

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-032-01

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99841063100516&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001-106.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-032.0.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-133.shtml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-075.php3

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_028_sendmail_txt.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3163

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.sendmail.org/8.11.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-007

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7016

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-017.txt.asc