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CVE-2002-1279

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-11-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in conf.c for Masqmail 0.1.x before 0.1.17, and 0.2.x before 0.2.15, allow local users to gain privileges via certain entries in the configuration file (-C option).

Affected products

• Masqmail: 0.1.16

References

• http://lists.masqmail.cx/pipermail/masqmail/2002-November/000040.html
• http://lists.masqmail.cx/pipermail/masqmail/2002-November/000041.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-194
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10605.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6164
• http://lists.masqmail.cx/pipermail/masqmail/2002-November/000040.html
• http://lists.masqmail.cx/pipermail/masqmail/2002-November/000041.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-194
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10605.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6164

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