CVE-2014-3956

CVSS V2 Low 1.9 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-3956
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2014-06-04T11:19:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-12-29T02:29:22
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.2
cpe:2.3:a:hp:hpux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR b.11.31
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 8.14.8
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.13.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.14.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 1.9
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/ Patch Vendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES Vendor Advisory
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A11.sendmail.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67791 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030331 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.728644
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126975/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sendmail-Updates.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/57455
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/58628
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:128
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05216368 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:147
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00033.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00032.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3956
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3956
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:54:01 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 23:21:34 2014-06-04T11:19Z 2014-06-04T11:19:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 23:21:34 2017-12-29T02:29:22 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 23:21:34 Modified Vulnerability Status updated