Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11838
Category:	SMTP problems
Title:	Sendmail prescan() overflow
Summary:	Checks the version number
Description:	The remote sendmail server, according to its version number, may be vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow allowing remote users to gain root privileges. Sendmail versions from 5.79 to 8.12.9 are vulnerable. Solution : Upgrade to Sendmail ver 8.12.10. See also : http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/010287.html NOTE: manual patches do not change the version numbers. Vendors who have released patched versions of sendmail may still falsely show vulnerability. *** Openvas reports this vulnerability using only *** the banner of the remote SMTP server. Therefore, *** this might be a false positive. Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 8641 BugTraq ID: 8649 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0681 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:742 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000742 Immunix Linux Advisory: IMNX-2003-7+-021-01 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:092 Debian Security Information: DSA-384 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-384 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-283.html Bugtraq: 20030917 GLSA: sendmail (200309-13) (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106383437615742&w=2 Bugtraq: 20030919 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.041] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sendmail) (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106398718909274&w=2 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#108964 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/108964 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8649 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:595 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3606 XForce ISS Database: sendmail-ruleset-parsing-bo(13216) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/13216 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0694 Bugtraq: 20030917 Sendmail 8.12.9 prescan bug (a new one) [CAN-2003-0694] (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106381604923204&w=2 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2003-q3/4119.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0113.html http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-25.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-284.html FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-03:13 HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT3631 SCO Security Bulletin: CSSA-2003-036.0 SCO Security Bulletin: SCOSA-2004.11 ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt Bugtraq: 20030917 [slackware-security] Sendmail vulnerabilities fixed (SSA:2003-260-02) (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106382859407683&w=2 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#784980 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/784980 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:572 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:603 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2975
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