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Sendmail Local Starvation and Overflow

Family:

SMTP problems

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Xue Yong Zhi

Summary:

Checks the version number

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Cve_id:

CVE-1999-0131

Bugtraq_id:

717

Xrefs:

-

Description:

The remote sendmail server, according to its version number,
has buffer overflow and denial of service problem through
GECOS field, it gives root access to local users.

Solution : Install sendmail newer than 8.8.3 or install a vendor
supplied patch.

Risk factor : High (Local) / None (remote with no account)