From ${URL} : Upstream released version 8.14.9 of sendmail [1] which fixes one security related bug by properly closing file descriptors (except stdin, stdout, and stderr) before executing programs. This bug could enable local users to interfere with an open SMTP connection if they can execute their own program for mail delivery (e.g., via procmail or the prog mailer). [1]: http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/?show_rs=1 @maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.
+*sendmail-8.14.9 (30 May 2014) + + 30 May 2014; Eray Aslan <eras@gentoo.org> +sendmail-8.14.9.ebuild: + Security bump - bug #511760 + Arches, please test and mark stable =mail-mta/sendmail-8.14.9. Target keywords: "alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 ~mips ppc ppc64 ~s390 ~sh sparc x86"
amd64 stable
Stable for HPPA.
alpha stable
arm stable
ia64 stable
ppc64 stable
ppc stable
sparc stable
x86 stable. Maintainer(s), please cleanup. Security, please add it to the existing request, or file a new one.
Arches, Thank you for your work Maintainer(s), please drop the vulnerable version. New GLSA Request filed.
CVE-2014-3956 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=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.
Maintainer(s), Thank you for cleanup!
This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201412-32 at http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml by GLSA coordinator Mikle Kolyada (Zlogene).
