SUSE-SA:2006:017: sendmail

high Nessus Plugin ID 21138

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2006:017 (sendmail).


The popular MTA sendmail is vulnerable to a race condition when handling signals.
Under certain circumstances this bug can be exploited by an attacker to execute commands remotely.

Sendmail was the default MTA in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8. Later products use postfix as MTA.

Thanks to Mark Dowd who found this bug.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/advisories/2006_17_sendmail.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21138

File Name: suse_SA_2006_017.nasl

Version: 1.9

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list