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Debian DSA-278-1 : sendmail - char-to-int conversion

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15115

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Michal Zalewski discovered a buffer overflow, triggered by a char to int conversion, in the address parsing code in sendmail, a widely used powerful, efficient, and scalable mail transport agent. This problem is potentially remotely exploitable.

Solution

Upgrade the sendmail packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 8.12.3-6.3.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 8.9.3-26.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-278

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15115

File Name: debian_DSA-278.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sendmail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0161

BID: 7230

CERT: 897604

DSA: 278