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CVE-2002-2423

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Sendmail 8.12.0 through 8.12.6 truncates log messages longer than 100 characters, which allows remote attackers to prevent the IP address from being logged via a long IDENT response.

Affected products

• Sendmail: 8.12.0, 8.12.1, 8.12.2, 8.12.3, 8.12.4, 8.12.5 (+1)

References

• http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2002/09/msg00267.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10153.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5770
• http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2002/09/msg00267.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10153.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5770

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