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Sendmail < 8.8.5 MIME Conversion Malformed Header Overflow

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2013

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote Sendmail server is vulnerable to a MIME conversion overflow. An attacker may exploit this flaw to gain a root shell on this host.

Solution

Upgrade to Sendmail 8.8.5 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 2013

Family: SMTP Servers

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 10055

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:eric_allman:sendmail

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0047

BID: 685