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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT |
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PACKAGE :sendmail |
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SUMMARY :smsrh bypass vulnerabilites |
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DATE :2002-10-13 14:45 UTC |
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It is possible for an attacker to bypass the restrictions imposed by |
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The Sendmail Consortium’s Restricted Shell (SMRSH) and execute a |
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binary of his choosing by inserting a special character sequence into |
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his .forward file. |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://www.sendmail.org/smrsh.adv.txt |
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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-8.12.6 and earlier update their systems |
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as follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge sendmail |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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