PT-1996-1033 · Sendmail · Sendmail

Published 1996-10-01 · Updated 2022-08-17 · CVE-1999-0206

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sendmail versions 8.8.0 through 8.8.1

Description A buffer overflow issue in the MIME processing of Sendmail allows for root access.

Recommendations For Sendmail versions 8.8.0 and 8.8.1, update to a version that fixes this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0206

Affected Products

Sendmail

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0206 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0206 · Note