Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : sendmail (cve_2014_3956_information_disclosure)

low Nessus Plugin ID 80770

Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

- The sm_close_on_exec function in conf.c in sendmail before 8.14.9 has arguments in the wrong order, and consequently skips setting expected FD_CLOEXEC flags, which allows local users to access unintended high-numbered file descriptors via a custom mail-delivery program. (CVE-2014-3956)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11.2.4.6.0.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44

http://www.nessus.org/u?9fb16432

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 80770

File Name: solaris11_sendmail_20141120.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:sendmail

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3956