Sendmail 8.6.9 IDENT Remote Overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 10278

Synopsis

Arbitrary code may be run on the remote host.

Description

The remote Sendmail server, according to its version number, may be vulnerable to the ident overflow which allows any remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of Sendmail.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 10278

File Name: sendmail_ident.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: remote

Family: SMTP problems

Published: 8/27/2002

Updated: 9/17/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-1999-0204

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sendmail:sendmail

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Sendmail

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/1995

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0204

BID: 2311

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