CVE-2014-3956

The sm_close_on_exec function in conf.c in sendmail before 8.14.9 has arguments in the wrong order, and consequently skips setting expected FD_CLOEXEC flags, which allows local users to access unintended high-numbered file descriptors via a custom mail-delivery program.

Score

CVSS 2.0 1.9 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2014-06-04

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Fedora (Fedoraproject)
• Freebsd (Freebsd)
• Hpux (Hp)
• Sendmail (Sendmail)

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00032.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00033.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126975/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sendmail-Updates.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/57455
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58628
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml
• http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A11.sendmail.asc
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:147
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:128
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67791
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030331
• http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/
• http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.728644
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05216368