CVE-2001-0905 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Race condition in signal handling of procmail 3.20 and earli)
Race condition in signal handling of procmail 3.20 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges by sending a signal while a signal handling routine is already running.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0905 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 6.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-10-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Race condition in signal handling of procmail 3.20 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges by sending a signal while a signal handling routine is already running. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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