(Sun Describes Workaround ) Sendmail May Crash When Processing Mail with a Long Header
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017043 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1017043
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2006-4434
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Oct 11 2006
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 8.13.7 and prior versions
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Sendmail. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send e-mail with specially crafted (and very long) header lines to trigger a "use-after-free" flaw and cause the target sendmail service to crash.
Moritz Jodeit reported this vulnerability.
[Editor's note: The vendor reported on August 9, 2006 that a potential "crash" had been corrected, but the vendor did not describe the nature of the crash. OpenBSD reported the security relevant nature of the crash on August 25, 2006.]
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Impact:
A remote user can cause sendmail to crash.
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Solution:
Sun has described a workaround in their advisory.
The Sun advisory is avilable at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102664-1
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Vendor URL: www.sendmail.org/releases/8.13.8.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS:
UNIX (Solaris - SunOS)
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:06:27 -0400
Subject: A "Use-after-free" Vulnerability in Sendmail Versions Before 8.13.8 may Allow a Denial of Service (DoS)
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102664-1
CVE-2006-4434
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