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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- medium
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- FREEBSD
- Published
- 6/4/2014
- Last Modified
- 4/12/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
freebsd : freebsdhp : hpuxfedoraproject : fedorasendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmailsendmail : sendmail
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