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CVE-2009-1490

Public Date:: 2009-04-30

Bugzilla:: 499252: CVE-2009-1490 sendmail: long first header can overflow into message body

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.13.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X- header, as demonstrated by an X-Testing header.

Find out more about CVE-2009-1490 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

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Based on our analysis this issue does not have a security consequence and does not lead to a buffer overflow or denial of service. For more details of our technical evaluation see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499252#c18

Last Modified 2018-05-01T04:23:20+00:00

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