Vulnerability in Procmail
CVE-2001-0905
Race condition in signal handling of procmail 3.20 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges by sending a signal while a signal handling routine is already running.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6872 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3071 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-085.php3 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-093.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-083 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)