CVE-2002-1827 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in Sendmail by locking critical alias, map, statistics, and pid files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2002-1827?
CVE-2002-1827 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jun 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1827?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sendmail Sendmail.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1827?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-1827 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1827 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1827, GHSA-rrx8-8c33-99fc.