Vulnerability in Sendmail
CVE-2002-1827
Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service by obtaining an exclusive lock on the (1) alias, (2) map, (3) statistics, and (4) pid files.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (59.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sendmail — versions 8.9.0, 8.9.1, 8.9.2
References
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274033 (mailing-list)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9162.php (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4822 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.sendmail.org/LockingAdvisory.txt (Vendor Advisory)