CVE-2002-2423

Summary

CVECVE-2002-2423
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-05 20:33:00 UTC
DescriptionSendmail 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.6 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
RUS-CERT - Home BUGTRAQ archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de
ISS X-Force Database: sendmail-ident-logging-bypass (10153): Sendmail overly long IDENT could bypass mail logging XF www.iss.net
Sendmail Long Ident Logging Circumvention Weakness 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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