Sendmail Debugger Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

BID:3163

Info

Sendmail Debugger Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3163
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 17 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 17 2001 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by Cade Cairns <[email protected]> of the SecurityFocus DeepSight Threat Analysis Team.
Vulnerable: 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 8.11.5
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.4
- Slackware Linux 8.0
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
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11
+ Compaq Tru64 5.1 b
 + Compaq Tru64 5.1 a
 + Compaq Tru64 5.1
+ IBM AIX 5.2
 + IBM AIX 5.1
 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 7.0
+ SCO Open Server 5.0.6 a
 + SCO Open Server 5.0.6
+ SCO Open Server 5.0.5
+ SCO Open Server 5.0.4
- SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
 - SuSE Linux 7.0
HP hplx-sendmail 1.0 -1
+ HP Secure OS software for Linux 1.0
+ Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.6
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.1
Not Vulnerable: Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.10.2
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 4000WG
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ 4
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR 3500R
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ4 3001R
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
 HP hplx-sendmail 1.1 -1
+ HP Secure OS software for Linux 1.0
+ Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5

Solution / Fix

Sendmail Debugger Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Below is a statement from the Sendmail Consortium regarding this issue:

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This vulnerability, present in sendmail open source versions between 8.11.0 and 8.11.5 has been corrected in 8.11.6. sendmail 8.12.0.Beta users should upgrade to 8.12.0.Beta19. The problem was not present in 8.10 or earlier versions. However, as always, we recommend using the latest version. Note that this problem is not remotely exploitable. Additionally, sendmail 8.12 will no longer uses a set-user-id root binary by default.
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Apple OS X 10.1.5 is no longer vulnerable to this issue. Users should upgrade with the Software Update feature, or visit Apple's Software Downloads web page: http://www.info.apple.com/support/downloads.html

Updated packages that rectify this issue are available from various vendors:


HP hplx-sendmail 1.0 -1

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.1

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.2

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.3

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.4

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.5

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 beta10

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 beta5

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 beta16

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 beta7

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 beta12

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Sendmail Debugger Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

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