CVE-2001-0905 Information

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.

Reference

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:60.procmail.asc http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000433 http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-083 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-085.php3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-093.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3071 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6872