Explain 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 to sender and recipient header comments as processed by the crackaddr function of headers.c.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'RHSA-2003:073', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-073.html'}, {'name': '20030301-01-P', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SGI'], 'url': 'ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030301-01-P'}, {'name': 'IY40501', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_AIXAPAR'], 'url': 'http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40501&apar=only'}, {'name': '20030303 Fwd: APPLE-SA-2003-03-03 sendmail', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862109841&w=2'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2003:227', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-227.html'}, {'name': '6991', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6991'}, {'name': 'VU#398025', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT-VN'], 'url': 'http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/398025'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.8.html'}, {'name': 'DSA-257', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-257'}, {'name': '20030304 [LSD] Technical analysis of the remote sendmail vulnerability', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678739608479&w=2'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2222', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2222'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2003:074', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-074.html'}, {'name': 'CA-2003-07', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT'], 'url': 'http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-07.html'}, {'name': '20030303 sendmail 8.12.8 available', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104673778105192&w=2'}, {'name': 'MDKSA-2003:028', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRAKE'], 'url': 'http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:028'}, {'name': 'IY40500', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_AIXAPAR'], 'url': 'http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40500&apar=only'}, {'name': 'sendmail-header-processing-bo(10748)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10748.php'}, {'name': 'CSSA-2003-SCO.6', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_CALDERA'], 'url': 'ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/CSSA-2003-SCO.6'}, {'name': 'CSSA-2003-SCO.5', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_CALDERA'], 'url': 'ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/CSSA-2003-SCO.5'}, {'name': 'CLA-2003:571', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_CONECTIVA'], 'url': 'http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000571'}, {'name': 'NetBSD-SA2003-002', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_NETBSD'], 'url': 'ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-002.txt.asc'}, {'name': 'HPSBUX0302-246', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104679411316818&w=2'}, {'name': '20030303 Remote Sendmail Header Processing Vulnerability', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_ISS'], 'url': 'http://www.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21950'}, {'name': 'IY40502', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_AIXAPAR'], 'url': 'http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40502&apar=only'}, {'name': '20030304 GLSA:  sendmail (200303-4)', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862409849&w=2'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED