Sendmail < 8.8.5 MIME Conversion Malformed Header Overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 10055

Synopsis

Arbitrary code may be run on the remote host.

Description

The remote Sendmail server, according to its version number, may be vulnerable to a MIME conversion overflow attack which allows anyone to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Solution

Upgrade to Sendmail 8.8.5 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 10055

File Name: sendmail_mime_overflow2.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: remote

Family: SMTP problems

Published: 7/25/2002

Updated: 9/17/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-1999-0047

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sendmail:sendmail

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Sendmail

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/1/1997

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0047

BID: 685

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