Eric Allman Sendmail 8.8.x - Socket Hijack

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/774/info Through exploiting a combination of seemingly low-risk vulnerabilities in sendmail, it is possible for a malicious local user to have an arbitrary program inherit or "hijack" the file descriptor for the socket listening on priviliged port 25...

upgrade.sendmail.8x.txt

Seems to me there's something really bad about software vendors. First of all, if author of program finds bug in it - even when this bug seems to be nasty - very often, he'll silently fix it, even without mentioning it in CHANGES blessed those who put there text like 'some security fixes', at lea...

CVE-1999-0057

Vacation program allows command execution by remote users through a sendmail command...

CVE-1999-0096

CVE-1999-0096 concerns Sendmail where the decode alias mechanism can be abused to overwrite sensitive files. The connected documents provide concrete details: the issue arises from a misconfigured decode alias that pipes mail to a program, enabling arbitrary file overwrites on the remote server. ...

CVE-1999-0130

Local users can start Sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges...

CVE-1999-0047

MIME conversion buffer overflow in sendmail versions 8.8.3 and 8.8.4...

CVE-1999-0131

CVE-1999-0131 affects Sendmail up to version 8.7.5 and earlier, where a vulnerability in the GECOS field processing can cause a buffer overflow and denial of service that may grant root access to local users. Publicly documented by Red Hat and OpenVAS entries, as well as CVE records, the vulnerab...

CVE-1999-0047

Sendmail MIME conversion overflow CVE-1999-0047 affects versions 8.8.3 and 8.8.4. The vulnerability, described as a MIME conversion overflow, can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on a remote host. Remediation: upgrade to Sendmail 8.8.5 or later. This entry is supported by m...

CVE-1999-0131

Buffer overflow and denial of service in Sendmail 8.7.5 and earlier through GECOS field gives root access to local users...

CVE-1999-0204

CVE-1999-0204 affects Sendmail 8.6.9. Multiple connected sources (Red Hat, PT Security, Nessus plugins) describe an ident overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute commands as root. Root-privilege impact is stated; remediation advised is upgrading to a newer Sendmail version ...

CVE-1999-0095

The debug command in Sendmail is enabled, allowing attackers to execute commands as root...

CVE-1999-0478

HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 is affected by a denial-of-service condition related to accepting connections. The vulnerability is documented as CVE-1999-0478 and is associated with HP-UX 8.8.6; HP issued patch PHNE_17190 for s700_800 11.00 sendmail(1m) 8.8.6 to address this issue. The available connected ...

CVE-1999-0206

MIME buffer overflow in Sendmail 8.8.0 and 8.8.1 gives root access...

CVE-1999-0096

Sendmail decode alias can be used to overwrite sensitive files...

CVE-1999-0095

CVE-1999-0095 involves the Sendmail MTA where the DEBUG command is enabled, enabling remote users to execute arbitrary commands as root. Public sources (NVD/Nessus/OpenVAS/Red Hat/CIRCL) confirm that the issue allows full root access via the DEBUG/WIZ mechanism, with assessments placing the impac...

CVE-1999-0478

Denial of service in HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 related to accepting connections...

CVE-1999-0129

Sendmail allows local users to write to a file and gain group permissions via a .forward or :include: file...

CVE-1999-0130

CVE-1999-0130 affects Sendmail 8.7.x and 8.8.x, where a local user can start the SMTP daemon in daemon mode and obtain root privileges. Multiple connected sources corroborate: OpenVAS notes local overflow in Sendmail 8.7.x/8.8.x with daemon-mode enablement; Nessus entries describe local privilege...

CVE-1999-0204

Sendmail 8.6.9 allows remote attackers to execute root commands, using ident...

CVE-1999-0129

CVE-1999-0129 affects Sendmail and enables local privilege escalation: authenticated or local users can write to a file and gain group permissions via a ".forward" or ":include:" file. Confirmed in multiple connected documents: OpenVAS notes Sendmail 8.8.x up to 8.8.3 vulnerable to group write/fi...