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Vigil@nce: Sendmail, truncation of X.509 with null
January 2010 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
When Sendmail uses certificates, an attacker can send a X.509
certificate with a Subject/Issuer field containing a null
character, in order to bypass access restrictions.
Severity: 2/4
Consequences: data reading
Provenance: internet client
Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack
Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 31/12/2009
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– Sendmail
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
Sendmail can be configured to use X.509 certificates.
However, when a X.509 certificate contains a null character in the
Subject/Issuer field, Sendmail truncates this field. This
vulnerability is similar to VIGILANCE-VUL-8908
(https://vigilance.fr/tree/1/8908), even if the vulnerable source
code is different.
When Sendmail uses certificates, an attacker can therefore send a
X.509 certificate with a Subject/Issuer field containing a null
character, in order to bypass access restrictions.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: BID-37543, VIGILANCE-VUL-9321
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Sendmail-truncation-of-X-509-with-null-9321
