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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201412-32
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: sendmail: Information disclosure
     Date: December 22, 2014
     Bugs: #511760
       ID: 201412-32

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in sendmail could allow a local attacker to obtain
sensitive information.

Background
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sendmail is a widely-used Mail Transport Agent (MTA).

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  mail-mta/sendmail            < 8.14.9                  >= 8.14.9 

Description
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The sm_close_on_exec function in conf.c has arguments in the wrong
order.

Impact
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A local attacker could get access to unintended high-numbered file
descriptors via a specially crafted program.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All sendmail users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/sendmail-8.14.9"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3956
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3956

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5