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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-4 |
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PACKAGE : sendmail |
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SUMMARY : remote root exploit |
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DATE : 2003-03-04 10:12 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <8.12.8 |
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FIXED VERSION : =>8.12.8 |
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CVE : CAN-2002-1337 |
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- From advisory: |
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"Attackers may remotely exploit this vulnerability to gain "root" or |
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superuser control of any vulnerable Sendmail server. Sendmail and all |
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other email servers are typically exposed to the Internet in order to |
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send and receive Internet email. Vulnerable Sendmail servers will not be |
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protected by legacy security devices such as firewalls and/or packet |
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filters. This vulnerability is especially dangerous because the exploit |
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can be delivered within an email message and the attacker doesn't need |
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any specific knowledge of the target to launch a successful attack." |
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Read the full advisory at: |
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http://www.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21950 |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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net-mail/sendmail upgrade to sendmail-8.12.8 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge -u sendmail |
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emerge clean |
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