Mandrake Linux Advisory: sendmail

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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory

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Problem Description:

A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the address
parsing code in all versions of sendmail prior to 8.12.10 by Michal
Zalewski, with a patch to fix the problem provided by Todd C.
Miller. This vulnerability seems to be remotely exploitable on
Linux systems running on the x86 platform; the sendmail team is
unsure of other platforms (CAN-2003-0694).

Another potential buffer overflow was fixed in ruleset parsing
which is not exploitable in the default sendmail configuration. A
problem may occur if non-standard rulesets recipient (2), final
(4), or mailer specific envelope recipients rulesets are use. This
problem was discovered by Timo Sirainen (CAN-2003-0681).

MandrakeSoft encourages all users who use sendmail to upgrade to
the provided packages which are patched to fix both problems.

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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0681

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0694

http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.10.html

http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/010287.html

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Updated Packages:

Corporate Server 2.1:
7870e3e3f35647266197194e933f5ed7
corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.5mdk.i586.rpm
3df2666ba0c7eef233a0060d799d86c4
corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.6-3.5mdk.i586.rpm
e09d65fa52f14038643602d9c41ea72b
corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.6-3.5mdk.i586.rpm
6c580bbbc7212e13b2a27de1e727254d
corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.6-3.5mdk.i586.rpm
e9aa39db8dad6941af1e3a6e8c857cb5
corporate/2.1/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.5mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2:
87a2d830b724bc67640ea4e267a60517
8.2/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.5mdk.i586.rpm
b21c82a3f1b554aecd5227ab7269aea4
8.2/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.1-4.5mdk.i586.rpm
aed850225f1902657b02010a703d744c
8.2/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.1-4.5mdk.i586.rpm
aca8d9015390056de17b16db3fecc3e4
8.2/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.1-4.5mdk.i586.rpm
b0a8f5bbc575c2fc8b0dcaf2af00cbba
8.2/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.5mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2/PPC:
993a8769ba667651e4319c27c9e82b7e
ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.5mdk.ppc.rpm
6c9e501287a7eccec51b10dce7c6e6fb
ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.1-4.5mdk.ppc.rpm
e8d204f807ee1ea4a364fb4afdc24439
ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.1-4.5mdk.ppc.rpm
cb695b306b372a540e363006adfc5f54
ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.1-4.5mdk.ppc.rpm
b0a8f5bbc575c2fc8b0dcaf2af00cbba
ppc/8.2/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.5mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.0:
7870e3e3f35647266197194e933f5ed7
9.0/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.5mdk.i586.rpm
3df2666ba0c7eef233a0060d799d86c4
9.0/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.6-3.5mdk.i586.rpm
e09d65fa52f14038643602d9c41ea72b
9.0/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.6-3.5mdk.i586.rpm
6c580bbbc7212e13b2a27de1e727254d
9.0/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.6-3.5mdk.i586.rpm
e9aa39db8dad6941af1e3a6e8c857cb5
9.0/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.5mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1:
abf1ad68f3835ce7f2593f935af97c95
9.1/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.9-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
26427faee7bc48e521e370a7957865a7
9.1/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.9-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
a531c3ec3b6807428968254854d863b2
9.1/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.9-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
3e70938f6cb88c69f3a004c96b3ec347
9.1/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.9-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
1d575885387c5130d993d15cdfec56e5
9.1/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.9-1.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC:
ff80af8ecc2af755689271c495cffed2
ppc/9.1/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.9-1.2mdk.ppc.rpm
d29850a5cd7322d7d908a2c7299133ea
ppc/9.1/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.9-1.2mdk.ppc.rpm
503d3aae07c0b8f707fd0f6187990dbd
ppc/9.1/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.9-1.2mdk.ppc.rpm
10c1cb226d1e991eed8f974d1b62dc33
ppc/9.1/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.9-1.2mdk.ppc.rpm
1d575885387c5130d993d15cdfec56e5
ppc/9.1/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.9-1.2mdk.src.rpm

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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for
more information):

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