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CVE-2002-2423 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Sendmail 8.12.0 through 8.12.6 truncates log messages longer)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2002-2423
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score6.4
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CWECWE-20
StatusModified
Published2002-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionSendmail 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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