Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New sendmail packages fix denial of service |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-1164 | First vendor Publication | 2006-08-31 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2006-08-31 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A programming error has been discovered in sendmail, an alternative mail transport agent for Debian, that could allow a remote attacker to crash the sendmail process by sending a specially crafted email message. Please note that in order to install this update you also need libsasl2 library from proposed updates as outlined in DSA 1155-2. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 8.13.3-3sarge3 For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 8.13.8-1 We recommend that you upgrade your sendmail package. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1164 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-416 | Use After Free |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-10-10 | Name : SLES9: Security update for sendmail File : nvt/sles9p5014809.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1164-1 (sendmail) File : nvt/deb_1164_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 28193 | Sendmail Header Processing Overflow DoS Sendmail contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered due to an error when processing very long header lines, and will result in loss of availability for the service. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2011-11-18 | Name : The remote mail server is susceptible to a denial of service attack. File : sendmail_8_13_8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-09-24 | Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse9_11200.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-12-13 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_sendmail-2030.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-17 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_sendmail-2027.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-12-16 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-156.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-10-14 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1164.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-12 | Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 113575-11 File : solaris9_113575.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-12 | Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 114137-10 File : solaris9_x86_114137.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:26:10 |
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| 2013-05-11 12:17:05 |
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