CVE-2001-0905
N/A
Published: June 25, 2002 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:55 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorProcmail
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Race condition in signal handling of procmail 3.20 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges by sending a signal while a signal handling routine is already running.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 3.20
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:60.procmail.asc
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000433
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-083
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-085.php3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-093.html
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatch
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:60.procmail.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000433Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-083Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-085.php3Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-093.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3071VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6872Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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