GLSA 201412-32: sendmail: Information disclosure

Severity:normal
Title:sendmail: Information disclosure
Date:12/22/2014
Bugs: #511760
ID:201412-32

Synopsis

A vulnerability in sendmail could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information.

Background

sendmail is a widely-used Mail Transport Agent (MTA).

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
mail-mta/sendmail < 8.14.9 >= 8.14.9 All supported architectures

Description

The sm_close_on_exec function in conf.c has arguments in the wrong order.

Impact

A local attacker could get access to unintended high-numbered file descriptors via a specially crafted program.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All sendmail users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/sendmail-8.14.9"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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