debian · CVE-2009-1490

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:01:25 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2009-1490 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sendmail), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.13.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X- header, as demonstrated by an X-Testing header.

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