Sendmail Address Prescan Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:7230

Info

Sendmail Address Prescan Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7230
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0161
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 29 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 21 2007 11:40PM
Credit: Discovery credited to Michal Zalewski.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _x86
Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _ppc
Sun Solaris 2.5.1
Sun Solaris 9_x86 Update 2
Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
Sun Solaris 7.0
Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
Sun Solaris 2.6
Sun Solaris 2.5_x86
Sun Solaris 2.5
Sun Solaris 2.4_x86
Sun Solaris 2.4
Sun LX50
Sun Linux 5.0
+ Sun LX50
Sun Cobalt RaQ4 3001R
Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR 3500R
Sun Cobalt RaQ 550 4100R
Sun Cobalt Qube3 4000WG
SGI IRIX 6.5.19
SGI IRIX 6.5.18
SGI IRIX 6.5.17
SGI IRIX 6.5.16
SGI IRIX 6.5.15
SGI IRIX 6.5.14
SGI IRIX 6.5.13
SGI IRIX 6.5.12
SGI IRIX 6.5.11
SGI IRIX 6.5.10
SGI IRIX 6.5.9
SGI IRIX 6.5.8
SGI IRIX 6.5.7
SGI IRIX 6.5.6
SGI IRIX 6.5.5
SGI IRIX 6.5.4
SGI IRIX 6.5.3
SGI IRIX 6.5.2
SGI IRIX 6.5.1
SGI IRIX 6.5
Sendmail, Inc Sendmail for NT 3.0.3
Sendmail, Inc Sendmail for NT 3.0.2
Sendmail, Inc Sendmail for NT 3.0.1
Sendmail, Inc Sendmail for NT 3.0
Sendmail, Inc Sendmail for NT 2.6.2
Sendmail, Inc Sendmail for NT 2.6.1
Sendmail, Inc Sendmail for NT 2.6
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 3.0.3
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 3.0.2
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 3.0.1
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 3.0
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 2.2.5
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 2.2.4
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 2.2.3
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 2.2.2
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 2.2.1
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 2.2
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 2.1.5
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 2.1.4
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 2.1.3
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 2.1.2
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 2.1.1
Sendmail Inc Sendmail Switch 2.1
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
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.3
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6
+ SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 8.0
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 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 8.11.6
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.5
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.4
- Slackware Linux 8.0
Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.3
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
+ 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
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
SCO OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
SCO OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
NetBSD NetBSD 1.6
NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.3
NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.2
NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.1
NetBSD NetBSD 1.5
IBM z/OS V1R4
IBM z/OS V1R2
IBM z/OS
IBM OS/390 V2R9
IBM OS/390 V2R8
IBM OS/390 V2R6
IBM OS/390 V2R10
IBM MVS
IBM AIX 5.1 L
IBM AIX 4.3.3
IBM AIX 4.3.2
IBM AIX 4.3.1
IBM AIX 4.3
IBM AIX 5.2
IBM AIX 5.1
HP Tru64 5.1 a PK4 (BL21)
HP NonStop-UX Whitney
HP NonStop-UX PUMA
HP MPE/iX 7.5
HP MPE/iX 7.0
HP MPE/iX 6.5
HP MPE/iX 6.0
HP Internet Express 6.0
HP Internet Express 5.9
HP Internet Express 5.8
HP Internet Express 5.7
HP Internet Express 5.4
HP HP-UX (VVOS) 11.0.4
HP HP-UX (VVOS) 11.0 4
HP HP-UX (VVOS) 10.24
HP HP-UX 11.22
HP HP-UX 11.20
HP HP-UX 11.11
HP HP-UX 11.0 4
HP HP-UX 11.0
HP HP-UX 10.34
HP HP-UX 10.30
HP HP-UX 10.26
HP HP-UX 10.24
HP HP-UX 10.20 SIS
HP HP-UX 10.20 Series 800
HP HP-UX 10.20 Series 700
HP HP-UX 10.20
HP HP-UX 10.16
HP HP-UX 10.10
HP HP-UX 10.9
HP HP-UX 10.8
HP HP-UX 10.1 0
HP HP-UX 10.0 1
HP HP-UX 10.0
HP HP-UX B.11.22
HP HP-UX B.11.11
HP HP-UX B.11.04
HP HP-UX B.11.00
HP AltaVista Firewall Raptor EC
HP AltaVista Firewall AVFW98
HP AlphaServer SC
Compaq Tru64 5.1 b PK1 (BL1)
Compaq Tru64 5.1 b
Compaq Tru64 5.1 a PK3 (BL3)
Compaq Tru64 5.1 a PK2 (BL2)
Compaq Tru64 5.1 a PK1 (BL1)
Compaq Tru64 5.1 a
Compaq Tru64 5.1 PK6 (BL20)
Compaq Tru64 5.1 PK5 (BL19)
Compaq Tru64 5.1 PK4 (BL18)
Compaq Tru64 5.1 PK3 (BL17)
Compaq Tru64 5.1
Compaq Tru64 5.0 f
Compaq Tru64 5.0 a PK3 (BL17)
Compaq Tru64 5.0 a
Compaq Tru64 5.0 PK4 (BL18)
Compaq Tru64 5.0 PK4 (BL17)
Compaq Tru64 5.0
Compaq Tru64 4.0 g PK3 (BL17)
Compaq Tru64 4.0 g
Compaq Tru64 4.0 f PK7 (BL18)
Compaq Tru64 4.0 f PK6 (BL17)
Compaq Tru64 4.0 f
Compaq Tru64 4.0 d PK9 (BL17)
Compaq Tru64 4.0 d
Compaq Tru64 4.0 b
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.2
Not Vulnerable: SGI IRIX 6.5.20
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5

Discussion

Sendmail Address Prescan Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Sendmail may be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code. The flaw is present in the 'prescan()' procedure, which is used for processing email addresses in SMTP headers. This condition has been confirmed to be exploitable by remote attackers to execute instructions on target systems. This vulnerability stems from a logic error in the conversion of a char to an integer value. The issue has been fixed Sendmail 8.12.9.

Solution / Fix

Sendmail Address Prescan Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see the referenced advisories for more information.


Sun Solaris 8_sparc

IBM z/OS V1R4
  • IBM PQ72696


Sun Solaris 7.0

HP HP-UX B.11.11

HP HP-UX B.11.00

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4

HP HP-UX 10.20

HP HP-UX 11.0 4

HP HP-UX 11.22

Compaq Tru64 4.0 f PK7 (BL18)

Compaq Tru64 5.1 PK6 (BL20)

SGI IRIX 6.5.16

SGI IRIX 6.5.18

SGI IRIX 6.5.19

HP MPE/iX 7.5

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.10

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.10.1

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.2

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.4

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.5

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 beta12

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 beta5

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.1

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.3

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.7

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.8

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.9 .0

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.9.2

Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.9.3

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