CVE-2014-3956

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.
References
Link Resource
ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES Vendor Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00032.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00033.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126975/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sendmail-Updates.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/57455
http://secunia.com/advisories/58628
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A11.sendmail.asc
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:147
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:128
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67791 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030331 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.728644
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05216368 Third Party Advisory
ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES Vendor Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00032.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00033.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126975/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sendmail-Updates.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/57455
http://secunia.com/advisories/58628
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A11.sendmail.asc
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:147
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:128
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67791 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030331 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.728644
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05216368 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hp:hpux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:09

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES - Vendor Advisory () ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES - Vendor Advisory
References () http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html - Third Party Advisory () http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html - Third Party Advisory () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00032.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00032.html -
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00033.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00033.html -
References () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126975/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sendmail-Updates.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126975/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sendmail-Updates.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/57455 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/57455 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/58628 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/58628 -
References () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml - () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml -
References () http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A11.sendmail.asc - () http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A11.sendmail.asc -
References () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:147 - () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:147 -
References () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:128 - () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:128 -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67791 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67791 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030331 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030331 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/ - Patch, Vendor Advisory () http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/ - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.728644 - () http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.728644 -
References () https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05216368 - Third Party Advisory () https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05216368 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2014-06-04 11:19

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:09


NVD link : CVE-2014-3956

Mitre link : CVE-2014-3956

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-3956


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Products Affected

sendmail

  • sendmail

freebsd

  • freebsd

fedoraproject

  • fedora

hp

  • hpux
CWE
CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor