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GLSA-200603-21 : Sendmail: Race condition in the handling of asynchronous signals

high Nessus Plugin ID 21128

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200603-21 (Sendmail: Race condition in the handling of asynchronous signals)

 ISS discovered that Sendmail is vulnerable to a race condition in the handling of asynchronous signals.
 Impact :

 An attacker could exploit this via certain crafted timing conditions.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Sendmail users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-mta/sendmail-8.13.6'

See Also

https://www.proofpoint.com/us/products/mail-routing-agent

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200603-21

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21128

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200603-21.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 3/23/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:sendmail, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0058

GLSA: 200603-21