Detections
Analytics
Fedora 12 : sendmail-8.14.4-3.fc12 (2010-5470)
high Nessus Plugin ID 47389
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This new version of sendmail fixes security bug - handling of bogus certificates with NULLs in CNs. Also many other bugs have been fixed, for complete list please see: http://www.sendmail.org/releases/8.14.4Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected sendmail package.See Also
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/open-source-email-solution
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 47389
File Name: fedora_2010-5470.nasl
Version: 1.25
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 7/1/2010
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sendmail, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:12
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-4565
BID: 37543