195 : Sendmail debug Arbitrary Command Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
1988-11-07	1988-11-07

Keywords

Internet Worm, Morris Worm

Description

Sendmail contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute commands without authentication. The issue is triggered when an attacker connects to the SMTP service (port 25), and issues the 'debug' command. If enable, this may allow an attacker to pipe arbitrary commands that will be executed under the same privileges as sendmail.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Wormified
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.59 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround: disable the 'decode' alias

Products

Eric Allman	Sendmail	5.58
		5.57
		5.56

References

Bugtraq ID: 1
ISS X-Force ID: 125
CVE ID: 1999-0095 (see also: NVD)
CERT: CA-1988-01 CA-1993-14 CA-1995-05
Mail List Post: http://securitydigest.org/unix/archive/037 [ Link is 404 ]
Generic Informational URL: http://world.std.com/~franl/worm.html
http://www.whitehats.com/info/IDS172
Keyword: Internet Worm

Tools & Filters

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Snort	663

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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