Information disclosure in FreeBSD
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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 1.9 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (48.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD
- HP Hpux
- Sendmail — versions 8.6.7, 8.7.6, 8.7.7
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 20
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay (Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/58628 (third-party-advisory)
- www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:11.sendmail.asc (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/126975/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sendmail-Updat… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00032.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)