CVE - CVE-2014-3956

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-3956	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:67791 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67791 CONFIRM:ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES CONFIRM:http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html CONFIRM:http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/ CONFIRM:https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05216368 FEDORA:FEDORA-2014-7093 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html FREEBSD:FreeBSD-SA-14:11 URL:http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A11.sendmail.asc GENTOO:GLSA-201412-32 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2014:147 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:147 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2015:128 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:128 MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126975/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sendmail-Updates.html SECTRACK:1030331 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030331 SECUNIA:57455 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/57455 SECUNIA:58628 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/58628 SLACKWARE:SSA:2014-156-04 URL:http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.728644 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2014:0804 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00032.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2014:0805 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00033.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Entry Created
20140603	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140603)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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