CVE-2002-2423 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Sendmail 8.12.0 through 8.12.6 truncates log messages longer than 100 characters, which allows remote attackers to prevent the IP address from being logged via a long IDENT response.

Published: 2007-11-01

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.6:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2401	Sendmail 8.12.0 through 8.12.6 truncates log messages longer than 100 characters, which allows remote attackers to prevent the IP address from being logged via a long IDENT response.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.003.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2002/09/msg00267.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10153.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5770

History

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Subscriptions

Sendmail Sendmail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-11-01T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:17:37.413Z

Reserved: 2007-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2423

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-2423

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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