PT-2009-3988 · Sendmail · Sendmail

Published 2009-05-05 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-1490

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Sendmail versions prior to 8.13.2

Description: The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow that can be triggered by a long X- header, such as an X-Testing header, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to daemon crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 8.13.2, update to version 8.13.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-1490

Affected Products

Sendmail

References · 8

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32995 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1490 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sendmail.org/releases/8.13.2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1490 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50355 · Note
• http://nmrc.org/~thegnome/blog/apr09 · Note