PT-1996-1063 · Sendmail · Sendmail

Published 1996-08-30 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-1999-1309

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sendmail versions prior to 8.6.7

Description The issue allows local users to gain root access by providing a large value in the debug command line option.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.6.7, update to version 8.6.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1309

Affected Products

Sendmail

References · 8

• http://cert.org/advisories/CA-94.12.sendmail.vulnerabilities · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1309 · Security Note
• http://dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0048.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0040.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0042.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7155 · Note
• http://dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0043.html · Note
• http://dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0078.html · Note