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CVE-2002-1827

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service by obtaining an exclusive lock on the (1) alias, (2) map, (3) statistics, and (4) pid files.

Affected products

• Sendmail: 8.9.0, 8.9.1, 8.9.2, 8.9.3, 8.10, 8.10.1 (+17)

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274033
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9162.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4822
• http://www.sendmail.org/LockingAdvisory.txt
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274033
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9162.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4822
• http://www.sendmail.org/LockingAdvisory.txt

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