CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2014-3956 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2014-3956 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.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The text in the description was extracted from AIX Security
# Advisory sendmail_advisory3.asc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(108891);
script_version("1.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/04/20");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3956");
script_name(english:"AIX 6.1 TL 9 : sendmail (IJ02915)");
script_summary(english:"Check for APAR IJ02915");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote AIX host is missing a security patch."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3956
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3956 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."
);
# https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/sendmail_advisory3.asc
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d01b5208"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Install the appropriate interim fix."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:ibm:aix:6.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/04/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/04/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/04/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"AIX Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/AIX/lslpp", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AIX/version");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("aix.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/version") ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "AIX");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/lslpp") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
if ( get_kb_item("Host/AIX/emgr_failure" ) ) exit(0, "This iFix check is disabled because : "+get_kb_item("Host/AIX/emgr_failure") );
flag = 0;
if (aix_check_ifix(release:"6.1", ml:"09", sp:"09", patch:"IJ02915s9a", package:"bos.net.tcp.client", minfilesetver:"6.1.9.0", maxfilesetver:"6.1.9.315") < 0) flag++;
if (aix_check_ifix(release:"6.1", ml:"09", sp:"10", patch:"IJ02915s9a", package:"bos.net.tcp.client", minfilesetver:"6.1.9.0", maxfilesetver:"6.1.9.315") < 0) flag++;
if (aix_check_ifix(release:"6.1", ml:"09", sp:"11", patch:"IJ02915s9a", package:"bos.net.tcp.client", minfilesetver:"6.1.9.0", maxfilesetver:"6.1.9.315") < 0) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:aix_report_get());
else security_note(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");