5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
5.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
54.7%
Sendmail is prone to a SMTP smuggling vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:sendmail:sendmail";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.114256");
script_version("2024-01-12T05:05:56+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-01-12 05:05:56 +0000 (Fri, 12 Jan 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-01-10 10:31:13 +0000 (Wed, 10 Jan 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-01-05 15:30:00 +0000 (Fri, 05 Jan 2024)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-51765");
# nb: General availability of backports on major Linux distros but also only affected in specific
# configurations.
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Sendmail < 8.18 SMTP Smuggling Vulnerability (Dec 2023)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
script_family("SMTP problems");
script_dependencies("gb_sendmail_smtp_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("sendmail/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Sendmail is prone to a SMTP smuggling vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Sendmail allows SMTP smuggling in certain configurations. Remote
attackers can use a published exploitation technique to inject e-mail messages with a spoofed MAIL
FROM address, allowing bypass of an SPF protection mechanism. This occurs because sendmail
supports <LF>.<CR><LF> but some other popular e-mail servers do not.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Sendmail versions through 8.17.2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 8.18 or later (Release date currently unknown).");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/26/5");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255563");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://sec-consult.com/blog/detail/smtp-smuggling-spoofing-e-mails-worldwide/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/6");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2023/fahrplan/events/11782.html");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
exit(0);
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "8.18")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "8.18");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
5.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
54.7%