RULE(RULE ID:505035)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2013-08-27
Rule Name: Linx86 Sendmail 8.11.x Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2002-1337)
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Rule Protection Details
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.
Impact: This vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain the privileges of the sendmail daemon, typically root.
Affected OS: Linux
Reference: MISC:CA-2003-07
CVE-2002-1337
Solutions
Please off-line the victim host and patch the system or software which exists vulnerabilities immediately.