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TI-2001-00862 Aliases CVE-2001-0905GHSA-gjq2-7fjr-x6vv

Race condition in signal handling of procmail 3.20 and earlier, when running setuid…

Priority LOW 28Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00322 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:procmail:procmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.20VulnerableProcmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:procmail:procmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.20 Vulnerable ·Procmail

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Linux 5.2Fixed RHSA-2001:093
Red Hat Linux 6.2Fixed RHSA-2001:093
Red Hat Linux 7.0Fixed RHSA-2001:093
Red Hat Linux 7.1Fixed RHSA-2001:093

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-0905
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gjq2-7fjr-x6vv

References

Patch 3

Advisory 1

  • TI-2017-12391 Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadbuf function in formisc.c in formail in procmail… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-02939 Heap-based buffer overflow in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-1999-00434 Buffer overflow in procmail before version 3.12 allows remote or local attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-1999-00469 A race condition in how procmail handles .procmailrc files allows a local user to read… CVSS 2.0LOW 1.2

Sources

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