CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-2423

6.4 MEDIUM Published 2002-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

Sendmail 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.

Affected configurations

• sendmail sendmail 8.12.0 • sendmail sendmail 8.12.1 • sendmail sendmail 8.12.2 • sendmail sendmail 8.12.3 • sendmail sendmail 8.12.4 • sendmail sendmail 8.12.5 • sendmail sendmail 8.12.6

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References