Vulnerability CVE-2014-3956
Published: 2014-06-04

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.

Type:

CWE-200

 (Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.9/10
2.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Sendmail -> Sendmail 
HP -> HPUX 
Freebsd -> Freebsd 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 

 References:
ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html
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
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
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030331
http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/
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
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