Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-0206 - Unspecified vulnerability in Eric Allman Sendmail 8.8/8.8.1
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
MIME buffer overflow in Sendmail 8.8.0 and 8.8.1 gives root access.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
Nessus
| NASL family | SMTP problems |
| NASL id | SENDMAIL_MIME_OVERFLOW.NASL |
| description | The remote Sendmail server, according to its version number, may be vulnerable to a MIME buffer overflow attack which allows anyone to execute arbitrary commands as root. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 10588 |
| published | 2001-01-06 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2000-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/10588 |
| title | Sendmail mime7to8() Function Remote Overflow |