Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10055
Category:	SMTP problems
Title:	Sendmail 8.8.3 and 8.8.4 mime conversion overflow
Summary:	Checks the version number
Description:	The remote sendmail server, according to its version number, may be vulnerable to the MIME conversion overflow attack which allows anyone to execute arbitrary commands as root. Solution : upgrade to the latest version of Sendmail Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 685 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-1999-0047 Cert/CC Advisory: CA-97.05.sendmail http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/685 XForce ISS Database: sendmail-mime-bo2
Copyright	This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Renaud Deraison

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