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Package name sendmail
Date April 1st, 2003
Advisory ID MDKSA-2003:042
Affected versions 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, CS2.1
Synopsis Updated sendmail packages fix local and remote vulnerability

Problem Description

Michal Zalweski discovered a vulnerability in sendmail versions earlier
than 8.12.9 in the address parser, which performs insufficient bounds
checking in certain conditions due to a char to int conversion. This
vulnerability makes it poissible for an attacker to take control of
sendmail and is thought to be remotely exploitable, and very likely
locally exploitable. Updated packages are available with patches
applied (the older versions), and the new fixed version is available
for Mandrake Linux 9.1 users.

Updated Packages

Mandrakelinux 8.2

 1c0af110218318e5808b668b93300c81  8.2/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.3mdk.i586.rpm
47e33874a99e9ca6f01fe30245601732  8.2/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.1-4.3mdk.i586.rpm
0a6a2cafa619120290f7a13008a76d6e  8.2/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.1-4.3mdk.i586.rpm
804ca3677444d79591dda2943b982344  8.2/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.1-4.3mdk.i586.rpm
a3ca71deb8ce1bee26450b37c2599d86  8.2/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.3mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.2/PPC

 2a046fc0faf7a98a0e13c92eb6d873ad  ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.3mdk.ppc.rpm
8fd523e0f2acd7243be280ec2caccbc8  ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.1-4.3mdk.ppc.rpm
16c77c7037d5481244adc2ffb79ef1ee  ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.1-4.3mdk.ppc.rpm
0974d0f876c572d728e92615cc43a17b  ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.1-4.3mdk.ppc.rpm
a3ca71deb8ce1bee26450b37c2599d86  ppc/8.2/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.3mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.0

 936bc5c0c0f8ea6c25bf72e446de299c  9.0/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.3mdk.i586.rpm
eec9e33317e3a83c7937e2d52b8a4d1d  9.0/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.6-3.3mdk.i586.rpm
f7dfb57bb4b1c4aa62730dbda7f3d369  9.0/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.6-3.3mdk.i586.rpm
d08964d47957e529f676f793a24377f8  9.0/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.6-3.3mdk.i586.rpm
bbb8ff5ea8fa361acb659c656b51e022  9.0/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.3mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.1

 232b421e807ce785d62968c86beb0330  9.1/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.9-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
866fdcc317c10edda1e7627a1d738b1d  9.1/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.9-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
6d5ac7e3833f599ea1e6567b3e084841  9.1/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.9-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
cb642ab772b9f9cdf7a5a0003f3871e6  9.1/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.9-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
0188091a674ce41d037dab6a8ed2ebc4  9.1/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.9-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.1/PPC

 95526c7c57716fc2bc10c3b7e1dc8195  ppc/9.1/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.9-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
4055fb1535090054d4371786a39642ec  ppc/9.1/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.9-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
8436c32ccecc0e4ba80e3baaec1fec87  ppc/9.1/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.9-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
e9d0f08231de33de41824abd139eba71  ppc/9.1/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.9-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
0188091a674ce41d037dab6a8ed2ebc4  ppc/9.1/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.9-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1

 936bc5c0c0f8ea6c25bf72e446de299c  corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.3mdk.i586.rpm
eec9e33317e3a83c7937e2d52b8a4d1d  corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.6-3.3mdk.i586.rpm
f7dfb57bb4b1c4aa62730dbda7f3d369  corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.6-3.3mdk.i586.rpm
d08964d47957e529f676f793a24377f8  corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.6-3.3mdk.i586.rpm
bbb8ff5ea8fa361acb659c656b51e022  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.3mdk.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0161
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-12.html

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