Sendmail.Header.Processing.Buffer.Overflow

Alias(es) Sendmail.From.Header.Buffer.Overflow, Sendmail.To.Header.Buffer.Overflow
Release Date Aug 01, 2005
Severity high
Impact System compromise
Description This indicates a possible attempt at exploiting a buffer-overflow vulnerability in Sendmail. The vulnerability is due to the application's inabilty to properly process specially crafted user input. Remote attackers may exploit this to execute arbitrary code.
Affected Products Sendmail 8.12.7 and earlier versions
Recommended Actions Upgrade to a non-vulnerable versions of Sendmail.
Coverage IPS VCM
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) CVE-2002-1337
Reference/s http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6991 (BugTraq)

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