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Sendmail < 8.12.10 prescan() Function Remote Overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 11838

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Synopsis

The remote mail server is prone to multiple buffer overflow attacks.

Description

According to its version number, the remote Sendmail server is between 5.79 to 8.12.9. Such versions are reportedly vulnerable to remote buffer overflow attacks, one in the 'prescan()' function and another involving its ruleset processing. A remote user may be able to leverage these issues to gain root privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to Sendmail version 8.12.10 or later.

See Also

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2003/Sep/857

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 11838

File Name: sendmail_prescan_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.38

Type: remote

Published: 9/17/2003

Updated: 11/15/2018

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-2003-0694

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0681, CVE-2003-0694

BID: 8641, 8649

CERT: 108964

RHSA: 2003:283

SuSE: SUSE-SA