CVE-2001-0653

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...

CVE-2001-0653

CVE-2001-0653 affects Sendmail 8.10.0–8.11.5 and 8.12.0 beta. The root cause is an input-validation/overflow in the debugger (-d) category handling: a large numeric value can be interpreted as a signed negative index, bypassing bounds checks and allowing local writes to process memory. Consequenc...

Sendmail < 8.11.6 -d category Value Local Overflow

The remote Sendmail server, according to its version number, may be vulnerable to a local buffer overflow allowing local users to gain root privileges. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. References also vulnerable to a heap overflow Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 18:16:57 -0400 EDT From: "Michal Zalewski"...