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Sendmail < 8.12.9 NOCHAR Control Value prescan Overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 11499

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Synopsis

Arbitrary code may be run on the remote server

Description

The remote Sendmail server, according to its version number, may be vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow allowing remote users to gain root privileges.

Sendmail versions from 5.79 to 8.12.8 are vulnerable.

NOTE: manual patches do not change the version numbers.
Vendors who have released patched versions of Sendmail may still falsely show a vulnerability.

*** Nessus reports this vulnerability using only the banner of the
*** remote SMTP server. Therefore, this might be a false positive.

Solution

Upgrade to Sendmail version 8.12.9 or greater.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?91a7a35b

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 11499

File Name: sendmail_conversion_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.33

Type: remote

Published: 3/29/2003

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-2003-0161

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: 3/29/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0161

BID: 7230