Description
sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which (1) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL-based SMTP servers via a crafted server certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, and (2) allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted client certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAccess VectorNetwork
AC:LAccess ComplexityLow
Au:NAuthenticationNone
Impact
C:PConfidentialityPartial
I:PIntegrityPartial
A:PAvailabilityPartial
Weaknesses
Affected Products
sendmail
oss-projectaka sendmail switch, advanced message server
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/38314
secunia.com
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-30.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021797.1-1
sunsolve.sun.com
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