Sendmail Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:18433

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Sendmail Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 18433
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2006-1173
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 14 2006 12:00AM
Updated: May 03 2007 05:19PM
Credit: Frank Sheiness reported this issue to the vendor.
Vulnerable: Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0 x86
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
Turbolinux Appliance Server Workgroup Edition 1.0
Turbolinux Appliance Server Hosting Edition 1.0
Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition
Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Edition
Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0
Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall 8.0
TransSoft Broker FTP Server 8.0
TransSoft Broker FTP Server 7.0
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
Sun Solaris 9_x86 Update 2
Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Sun Solaris 10_x86
Sun Solaris 10.0_x86
Sun Solaris 10
SGI ProPack 3.0 SP6
SGI IRIX 6.5.29
SGI IRIX 6.5.28
SGI IRIX 6.5.27
SGI IRIX 6.5.26
SGI IRIX 6.5.25
SGI IRIX 6.5.24 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.24
SGI IRIX 6.5.23 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.23
SGI IRIX 6.5.22 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.22
SGI IRIX 6.5.21 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.21 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.21
SGI IRIX 6.5.20 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.20 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.20
SGI IRIX 6.5.19 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.19 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.19
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.13.6
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.13.5
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.13.4
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.13.3
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.13.1
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.11
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.10
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.9
+ Slackware Linux 9.0
+ Slackware Linux 8.1
+ Slackware Linux -current
 Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.8
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
 + Yellow Dog Linux 3.0
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.7
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.2
+ Slackware Linux 8.1
+ SOTLinux SOTLinux 2003 Desktop
+ SOTLinux SOTLinux 2003 Server
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.6
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.5
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.4
+ OpenBSD OpenBSD 3.2
 + Slackware Linux 8.1
+ Slackware Linux -current
 Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.3
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.2
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.1
+ HP MPE/iX 7.5
+ HP MPE/iX 7.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.1
+ HP MPE/iX 7.5
+ HP MPE/iX 7.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 beta7
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 beta5
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 beta16
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 beta12
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 beta10
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 .0
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.7
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.6
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELEASE
 + FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
+ Immunix Immunix OS 7.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
 + Sun Cobalt RaQ 550
+ Sun Linux 5.0.3
+ Sun Linux 5.0
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.3
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.5
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.4
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.3
- MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Slackware Linux 7.1
+ SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.2
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.2
+ Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 7.1
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 7.1
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.1
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.10.2
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.10.1
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.10
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.9.3
+ Compaq Tru64 5.1 PK5 (BL19)
 + Compaq Tru64 5.0 a PK3 (BL17)
 + Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
 + Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 + Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 + Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 + Debian Linux 2.2
+ IBM AIX 4.3.3
+ SGI IRIX 6.5.19
+ SGI IRIX 6.5.18 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.18 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.17 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.17 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.16 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.16 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.15 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.15 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.14 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.14 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.13 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.13 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.12 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.12 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.11 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.11 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.10 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.10 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.9 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.9 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.8 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.8 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.7 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.7 f
 Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.9.2
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.9.1
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.9 .0
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.8.8
S.u.S.E. UnitedLinux 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server for S/390 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server for S/390
rPath rPath Linux 1
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3
Redhat Fedora Core5
Redhat Fedora Core4
Redhat Fedora Core3
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Fedora Core1
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Redhat Desktop 4.0
Redhat Desktop 3.0
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1 IA64
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
OpenBSD OpenBSD 3.9
OpenBSD OpenBSD 3.8
OpenBSD OpenBSD -current
NetBSD NetBSD 2.1
NetBSD NetBSD 2.0.3
NetBSD NetBSD 2.0.2
NetBSD NetBSD 2.0.1
NetBSD NetBSD 2.0
NetBSD NetBSD Current
Navision Financials Server 3.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
IBM AIX 5.3 L
IBM AIX 5.2.2
IBM AIX 5.2 L
IBM AIX 5.3
IBM AIX 5.2
HP Tru64 5.1 B PK3 (BL24)
HP Tru64 5.1 B PK3
HP Tru64 5.1 b
HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6 (BL24)
HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6
HP Tru64 5.1 a PK4 (BL21)
HP Tru64 5.1 A PK
HP Tru64 4.0 G PK4 (BL22)
HP Tru64 4.0 G PK4
HP Tru64 4.0 F PK8 (BL22)
HP Tru64 4.0 F PK8
HP HP-UX B.11.23
HP HP-UX B.11.11
HP HP-UX B.11.04
HP HP-UX B.11.00
Gentoo Linux
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.0 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.0 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4 -PRERELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELEASE/Alpha
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELEASE-p5
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0 -RELEASE-p14
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0 alpha
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.11 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.11 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.11 -RELEASE-p3
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10 -RELEASE-p8
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.9 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.9 -PRERELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.9
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8 -RELEASE-p7
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8 -PRERELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -RELEASE-p17
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -RELEASE-p20
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -STABLEpre2002-03-07
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELEASE-p32
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -RELEASE-p42
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -RELEASE-p38
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -STABLEpre122300
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -STABLEpre050201
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0 .x
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0 alpha
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.1 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10-PRERELEASE
Fortinet FortiMail 0
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway X200 3.2.4 build 40
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway X200 3.2.3 build 37
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway X200 3.2.2 build 40
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway X200 3.1 build 600
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway X200 3.1
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway P800 3.2.4 build 40
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway P800 3.2.4
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway P800 3.2.3 build 40
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway P800 3.2.3 build 37
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway P800 3.1 build 600
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway P600 3.2.4
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway P600 3.2.3 build 40
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway P600 3.2.2 build 37
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway P600 3.1 build 600
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway P600 3.1 build 40
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Avaya Interactive Response 1.3
Avaya Interactive Response 1.2.1
Avaya Interactive Response 2.0
Avaya Interactive Response
Avaya CMS Server 13.0
Avaya CMS Server 12.0
Avaya CMS Server 11.0
Avaya CMS Server 9.0
Avaya CMS Server 13.1
Not Vulnerable: Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.13.7
Fortinet FortiMail 2.8 build 083

Discussion

Sendmail Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Sendmail is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because the application fails to properly handle malformed multi-part MIME messages.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the sendmail process during delivery.

Exploit / POC

Sendmail Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An attacker may trigger this issue by constructing a malicious email message and sending it to a vulnerable server.

Solution / Fix

Sendmail Malformed MIME Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 8.13.7 to address this issue.

Please see the referenced advisories for more information.


HP HP-UX B.11.00

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.2

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.3

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.6

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.7

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 beta5

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.1

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.11

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.4

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.7

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.8

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.9

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.13.5

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.9.2

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.9.3

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