Upstream information

CVE-2014-3956 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 1.9
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 881284 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SU-2014:0872-1, published Fri Jul 4 18:04:45 MDT 2014
    • openSUSE-SU-2014:0804-1 openSUSE-SU-2014:0805-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • sendmail >= 8.14.3-50.24.1
  • sendmail-devel >= 8.14.3-50.24.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-rmail
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • sendmail >= 8.14.3-50.24.1
  • sendmail-devel >= 8.14.3-50.24.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA sendmail-8.14.3-50.24.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3
  • sendmail >= 8.14.3-50.24.1
  • sendmail-devel >= 8.14.3-50.24.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-rmail
slessp3-rmail
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • sendmail >= 8.14.3-50.24.1
  • sendmail-devel >= 8.14.3-50.24.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA sendmail-8.14.3-50.24.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA sendmail-8.14.3-50.24.1

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 sendmail Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 sendmail Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 sendmail Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 sendmail Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 sendmail Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS sendmail Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 sendmail Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS sendmail Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS sendmail Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 sendmail Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS sendmail Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 sendmail Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS sendmail Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 sendmail Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 sendmail Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 sendmail Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 sendmail Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 sendmail Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 sendmail Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 sendmail Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 sendmail Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 sendmail Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 sendmail Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Jun 4 11:19:02 2014
CVE page last modified: Tue Dec 17 19:46:45 2024