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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-27 |
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PACKAGE : sendmail |
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SUMMARY : buffer overflow |
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DATE : 2003-03-31 09:13 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <8.12.9 |
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FIXED VERSION : >=8.12.9 |
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CVE : CAN-2003-0161 |
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- From advisory: |
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"There is a vulnerability in sendmail that can be exploited to cause |
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a denial-of-service condition and could allow a remote attacker to |
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execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sendmail |
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daemon, typically root." |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-12.html |
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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-8.12.9 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge sendmail |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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