CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-0905
6.2 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2001-10-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.2 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 configurations
• procmail procmail (<= 3.20)
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-364 Signal Handler Race Condition weakness
References
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:60.procmail.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000433 distro.conectiva.com.br
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-083 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-085.php3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-093.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3071 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6872 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:60.procmail.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000433 distro.conectiva.com.br
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-083 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-085.php3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-093.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3071 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6872 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com