CVE-2001-0905 — Signal Handler Race Condition in Procmail

CWE-364 — Signal Handler Race Condition5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.2MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Procmail
Timeline
PublishedOct 18
Latest updateMay 3

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.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:H/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 1.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

Patches

Patch: ftp.freebsd.org ↗Patch: www.debian.org ↗Patch: www.linux-mandrake.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-gjq2-7fjr-x6vv: Race condition in signal handling of procmail 3↗2022-05-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
security flaw↗2001-07-03
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📐Framework References

1
CWE
Signal Handler Race Condition↗
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2001-0905 security flaw↗2018-08-16
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