# CVE-2002-1337: Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain formatted address fields, related t

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 3 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2004-09-01 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain formatted address fields, related to sender and recipient header comments as processed by the crackaddr function of headers.c.

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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-073.html
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030301-01-P
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40501&apar=only
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862109841&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-227.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6991
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/398025
- http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.8.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-257
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678739608479&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2222
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-074.html
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-07.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104673778105192&w=2
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:028
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40500&apar=only
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10748.php
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/CSSA-2003-SCO.6
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/CSSA-2003-SCO.5
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000571
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-002.txt.asc
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104679411316818&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21950
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40502&apar=only
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862409849&w=2
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/411
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22313
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22314

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