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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-13 |
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PACKAGE : sendmail |
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SUMMARY : buffer overflows |
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DATE : 2003-09-17 20:52 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <sendmail-8.2.10 |
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FIXED VERSION : >=sendmail-8.2.10 |
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CVE : |
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quote from release notes: |
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"Fix a buffer overflow in address parsing. Problem detected by |
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Michal Zalewski, patch from Todd C. Miller of Courtesan Consulting. |
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Fix a potential buffer overflow in ruleset parsing. This problem |
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is not exploitable in the default sendmail configuration; |
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only if non-standard rulesets recipient (2), final (4), or |
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mailer-specific envelope recipients rulesets are used then |
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a problem may occur. Problem noted by Timo Sirainen." |
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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-8.2.10 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge sendmail |
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emerge clean |
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