Sendmail WIZ Default Configuration Vulnerability

BID:2897

Info

Sendmail WIZ Default Configuration Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2897
Class: Configuration Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 03 1988 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 03 1988 12:00AM
Credit: The first known incident of this vulnerability being exploited was by the Morris Internet Worm in 1988.
Vulnerable: Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 5.59
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 4.55
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 4.1
Not Vulnerable:

Solution / Fix

Sendmail WIZ Default Configuration Vulnerability

Solution:
Upgrade to newer, unaffected versions of Sendmail.

Or if you are running a vulnerable version you can disable the WIZ command by adding the string 'OW*' to 'sendmail.cf', which is the configuration file for the package.

References

Sendmail WIZ Default Configuration Vulnerability

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