CVE-2014-3956

Summary

CVECVE-2014-3956
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-06-04 11:19:00 UTC
Updated2017-12-29 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All - All All
Application Hp Hpux All All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.11 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.9 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.6.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.9 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.8.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.11 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.9 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.6.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.9 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.8.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Slackware Security Advisory - sendmail Updates ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Sendmail File Descriptor Security Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: sendmail-8.14.8-2.fc20 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:0804-1: moderate: sendmail: Close file descriptors befo SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA58628 - FreeBSD update for sendmail - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Sendmail 'close-on-exec' File Descriptor Error Lets Local Users Interfere With SMTP Connections in Certain Cases - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE www.slackware.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0270 - Updated sendmail packages fix CVE-2014-3956 CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA57455 - Sendmail Close-on-Exec File Descriptors Access Bypass Security Issue - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Open Source Release 8.14.9 - Sendmail.com CONFIRM www.sendmail.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:128 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
FreeBSD-SA-14:11 FREEBSD www.freebsd.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- sendmail: Information disclosure GENTOO security.gentoo.org
openSUSE-SU-2014:0805-1: moderate: sendmail: Close file descriptors befo SUSE lists.opensuse.org
ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES CONFIRM ftp.sendmail.org Vendor Advisory
www.mandriva.com MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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