| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-1999-0131 (CCN-428) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 1996-09-11 | ||||||||
| Published: | 1996-09-11 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2008-09-09 | ||||||||
| Summary: | Buffer overflow and denial of service in Sendmail 8.7.5 and earlier through GECOS field gives root access to local users. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: CIAC Information Bulletin G-43a Vulnerabilities in Sendmail Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-1999-0131 Source: CCN Type: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin #00159 V8 Sendmail for SunOS(tm) 4.1.4 and 4.1.3_U1 Source: CCN Type: Hewlett-Packard Company Security Bulletin HPSBUX9311-001 Security Vulnerability in Sendmail Source: CCN Type: CERT Advisory CA-1996-20 Sendmail Vulnerabilities Source: CCN Type: CIAC Information Bulletin I-064 SGI IRIX mail(1), rmail(1M), sendmail(1M) Vulnerabilities Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 1115 Sendmail GECOS Field Local Overflow Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 717 Source: CCN Type: BID-717 Berkeley Sendmail Starvation and Overflow Vulnerabilities Source: CCN Type: Sendmail Consortium Web site Sendmail Home Page Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN smtp-875bo(428) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration 2: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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