Sendmail SMTP Header And Command Buffer Overflow
Publish date: October 23, 2014
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2002-1337
Advisory Date: OCT 23, 2014
DESCRIPTION
Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain formatted address fields, related to sender and recipient header comments as processed by the crackaddr function of headers.c.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Trend Micro Deep Security shields networks through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) rules. Trend Micro customers using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) plugin are also protected from attacks using these vulnerabilities. Please refer to the filter number and filter name when applying appropriate DPI and/or IDF rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1000368
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1000368 - Sendmail SMTP Header And Command Buffer Overflow
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Gentoo Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc1
- Gentoo Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc2
- HP AlphaServer SC
- HP HP-UX 10.10
- HP HP-UX 10.20
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- HP HP-UX 11.0 4
- HP HP-UX 11.11
- HP HP-UX 11.22
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.5
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.1
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.2
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.3
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.6
- SGI Freeware 1.0
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 5.59
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 5.61
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 5.65
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.10
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.10.1
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.10.2
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.1
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.2
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.3
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.4
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.5
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.11.6
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 Beta10
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 Beta12
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 Beta16
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 Beta5
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12 Beta7
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.0
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.1
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.2
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.3
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.4
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.5
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.6
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.12.7
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.8.8
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.9.0
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.9.1
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.9.2
- Sendmail Consortium Sendmail 8.9.3
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail 2.6 for NT
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail 2.6.1 for NT
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail 3.0 for NT
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail 3.0.1 for NT
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail 3.0.2 for NT
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Advanced Message Server 1.2
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Advanced Message Server 1.3
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Switch 2.1
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Switch 2.1.1
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Switch 2.1.2
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Switch 2.1.3
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Switch 2.1.4
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Switch 2.2
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Switch 2.2.1
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Switch 2.2.2
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Switch 2.2.3
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Switch 2.2.4
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Switch 3.0
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Switch 3.0.1
- Sendmail Inc. Sendmail Switch 3.0.2
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- Sun Solaris 2.6 _x86
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 7.0 _x86
- Sun Solaris 8.0
- Sun Solaris 8.0 _x86
- Sun Solaris 9.0
- Sun Solaris 9.0 _x86
- Wind River Systems BSD/OS 4.2
- Wind River Systems BSD/OS 4.3.1
- Wind River Systems BSD/OS 5.0
- Wind River Systems Platform SA 1.0
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