Sendmail daemon outdated

Risk Level: High risk vulnerability  High

Check or Attack Name: smtp_outdated

Platforms: Sendmail: Old
Description:

The sendmail version on the machine is no longer actively supported. All versions of sendmail prior to 8.7.0 are considered vulnerable. This vulnerability is derived from the version string in the sendmail banner.

Remedy:

Obtain and install a newer version of sendmail available at http://www.sendmail.org or from ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail.

References:

Sendmail Consortium, Sendmail FAQ, http://www.sendmail.org/faq


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