{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3956","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-01T20:03:21.738588403Z","published":"2014-06-04T11:19:13.890Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-3956"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3956"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sendmail","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/sendmail?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.14.4-6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3956.json"}},{"package":{"name":"sendmail","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/sendmail?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.14.4-6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3956.json"}},{"package":{"name":"sendmail","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/sendmail?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.14.4-6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3956.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}