Detections
Analytics
Sendmail < 8.12.9 NOCHAR Value Overflow
high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2031
Synopsis
The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.Description
The remote Sendmail server may be vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow that can be exploited by an attacker to gain a root shell on this host.Solution
Upgrade to Sendmail 8.12.9 or higher.Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 2031
Family: SMTP Servers
Published: 8/18/2004
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 11499
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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:sendmail:sendmail
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2003-0161
BID: 7230