Vulnerability CVE-2001-0905
Published: 2001-10-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.2/10
10/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Procmail -> Procmail 

 References:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:60.procmail.asc
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000433
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-083
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-085.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-093.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3071
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6872
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