CVE-1999-0131

Buffer overflow and denial of service in Sendmail 8.7.5 and earlier through GECOS field gives root access to local users.

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/717

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.6:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:1.3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:internet_faststart:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:3.0.3:::::::*

Information

Published : 1996-09-10 21:00

Updated : 2008-09-09 05:33

NVD link : CVE-1999-0131

Mitre link : CVE-1999-0131

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

sco

internet_faststart
openserver

digital

osf_1

ibm

eric_allman

sendmail

freebsd

freebsd

bsdi

bsd_os

redhat

linux

hp-ux

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