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CVE-2014-3956 Detail

Description

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES Vendor Advisory 
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00032.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00033.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126975/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sendmail-Updates.html Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A11.sendmail.asc
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:147
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:128
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67791 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030331 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/ Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.728644
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05216368 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-3956
NVD Published Date:
06/04/2014
NVD Last Modified:
12/28/2017
Source:
MITRE