The prescan() function in the address parser (parseaddr.c) in Sendmail before 8.12.9 does not properly handle certain conversions from char and int types, which can cause a length check to be disabled when Sendmail misinterprets an input value as a special "NOCHAR" control value, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack using messages, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1337.

HP-UX aserver program allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

Sendmail allows local users to write to a file and gain group permissions via a .forward or :include: file.

Local users can start Sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges.

The AIX FTP client can be forced to execute commands from a malicious server through shell metacharacters (e.g. a pipe character).

Vacation program allows command execution by remote users through a sendmail command.

Buffer overflow of rlogin program using TERM environmental variable.

Buffer overflow in xlock program allows local users to execute commands as root.

Buffer overflow in Xt library of X Windowing System allows local users to execute commands with root privileges.

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.

Land IP denial of service.

Buffer overflow in login in various System V based operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large number of arguments through services such as telnet and rlogin.