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Sendmail < 8.13.2 Remote Overflow

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5025

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow

Description

According to it's banner, the remote Sendmail server is running a version less than 8.13.2. There is a flaw in versions of Sendmail less than 8.13.2 which would allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the Sendmail system through the use of malfored X headers.

Solution

Upgrade to Sendmail 8.13.2 or newer.

See Also

http://www.nmrc.org/~thegnome/blog/apr09

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 5025

Family: SMTP Servers

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 38877

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sendmail:sendmail

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1490

BID: 34944