CVE-1999-0131

Summary

CVECVE-1999-0131
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1996-09-11 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-09 12:33:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow and denial of service in Sendmail 8.7.5 and earlier through GECOS field gives root access to local users.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Bsdi Bsd Os 2.1 All All All
Operating System Bsdi Bsd Os 2.1 All All All
Operating System Digital Osf 1 1.3.2 All All All
Operating System Digital Osf 1 1.3.2 All All All
Application Eric Allman Sendmail 8.6 All All All
Application Eric Allman Sendmail 8.7.1 All All All
Application Eric Allman Sendmail 8.7.2 All All All
Application Eric Allman Sendmail 8.7.3 All All All
Application Eric Allman Sendmail 8.7.4 All All All
Application Eric Allman Sendmail 8.7.5 All All All
Application Eric Allman Sendmail 8.6 All All All
Application Eric Allman Sendmail 8.7.1 All All All
Application Eric Allman Sendmail 8.7.2 All All All
Application Eric Allman Sendmail 8.7.3 All All All
Application Eric Allman Sendmail 8.7.4 All All All
Application Eric Allman Sendmail 8.7.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.5 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.01 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.20 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.01 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.20 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 3.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 3.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Sco Internet Faststart 1.0 All All All
Operating System Sco Internet Faststart 1.0 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.2 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Berkeley Sendmail Starvation and Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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