CVE-2014-3956
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.
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 50% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- fedoraproject:fedora
- freebsd:freebsd
- hp:hpux
- sendmail:sendmail
References
- ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00033.html