Sendmail mime7to8() Function Remote Overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 10588

Synopsis

Arbitrary code may be run on the remote host.

Description

The remote Sendmail server, according to its version number, may be vulnerable to a MIME buffer overflow attack which allows anyone to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of Sendmail.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 10588

File Name: sendmail_mime_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: remote

Family: SMTP problems

Published: 1/6/2001

Updated: 8/6/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-1999-0206

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sendmail:sendmail

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Sendmail

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/1996

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0206

Detections

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