Out-of-Bounds Affecting sendmail package, versions <8.13.2-0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.5% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-SENDMAIL-310698
  • published5 May 2009
  • disclosed5 May 2009

Introduced: 5 May 2009

CVE-2009-1490  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 sendmail to version 8.13.2-0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sendmail package and not the sendmail package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Sendmail before 8.13.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X- header, as demonstrated by an X-Testing header.

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