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CVE-2009-1490

Heap-based buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.13.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X- header, as demonstrated by an X-Testing header.

Published

2009-05-05T19:30:00.170

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application sendmail sendmail ≤ 8.13.1.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 2.6 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 2.6 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 2.6.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 2.6.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 2.6.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 3.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 3.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 3.0.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 3.0.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 3.0.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 3.0.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 3.0.3 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 4.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 4.55 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 5 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 5.59 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 5.61 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 5.65 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.6.7 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.7.6 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.7.7 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.7.8 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.7.9 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.7.10 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.8.8 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.9.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.9.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.9.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.9.3 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.10 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.10.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.10.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.10.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.3 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.4 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.5 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.6 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.7 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.3 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.4 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.5 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.6 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.7 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.8 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.9 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.10 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.11 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.13.0 Yes
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