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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-06-04 10:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-06-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 36b7c16640c29e243f4c88b0342c35cfba9c0a015f75dca54cfd25768ab0103e
05 Affected products
06 References
- h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05216368
- secunia.com58628http://secunia.com/advisories/58628
- www.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-14:11http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A11.sendmail.asc
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:128http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:128
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126975/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sendmail-Updates.html
- ftp.sendmail.orgftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201412-32http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml
- www.sendmail.comhttp://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0804http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00032.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2014:147http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:147
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-7093http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0805http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00033.html
- secunia.com57455http://secunia.com/advisories/57455
- www.securityfocus.com67791http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67791
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html
- www.slackware.comSSA:2014-156-04http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.728644
- www.securitytracker.com1030331http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030331
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sendmail Fixed in 8.14.4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sendmail Fixed in 8.14.4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sendmail Fixed in 8.14.4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- sendmail Fixed in 8.14.4-4.1ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.