CVE-2002-1827

LOW 2.1CVE-2002-1827 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1827 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting sendmail (sendmail).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.93%, higher than 60.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
sendmail sendmail	`= 8.10= 8.10.1= 8.10.2= 8.11.0= 8.11.1= 8.11.2= 8.11.3= 8.11.4= 8.11.5= 8.11.6= 8.12= 8.12.0= 8.12.1= 8.12.2= 8.12.3= 8.9.0= 8.9.1= 8.9.2= 8.9.3`	No fix yet

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.

References

online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274033
iss.net/security_center/static/9162.php
securityfocus.com/bid/4822 · Exploit
sendmail.org/LockingAdvisory.txt · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

sendmail

= 8.10= 8.10.1= 8.10.2= 8.11.0= 8.11.1= 8.11.2= 8.11.3= 8.11.4= 8.11.5= 8.11.6= 8.12= 8.12.0= 8.12.1= 8.12.2= 8.12.3= 8.9.0= 8.9.1= 8.9.2= 8.9.3

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