Mandrake Linux Advisory: sendmail

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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory

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Problem Description:

A vulnerability was discovered in all 8.12.x versions of
sendmail up to and including 8.12.8. Due to wrong initialization of
RESOURCE_RECORD_T structures, if sendmail receives a bad DNS reply
it will call free() on random addresses which usually causes
sendmail to crash.

These updated packages are patched to fix the problem.

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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0688

http://www.sendmail.org/dnsmap1.html

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/54367

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Updated Packages:

Corporate Server 2.1:
06f312efc82a853bef8f244f0a7d62b6
corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
6159dd74781b4e12ba2d9cb8c74cebc5
corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
0947b751f4934fe29f32eb02670640ee
corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
9b768e4a330cc0cd6cdebd1470953247
corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
8458487a8e2a69b3648896e342eb4c1a
corporate/2.1/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.4mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
04d7ce56ad6b62339622ae6e030234ed
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.4mdk.x86_64.rpm
4b64a8056a3499e1d36ac1de72bc8c7e
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.6-3.4mdk.x86_64.rpm
5e2ac30e590d3985c8de9ced5178d875
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.6-3.4mdk.x86_64.rpm

aabddfe03a3a0fb88082c0311b318738
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.6-3.4mdk.x86_64.rpm
8458487a8e2a69b3648896e342eb4c1a
x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.4mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2:
2039013cc832600fe00c8c16f04e167f
8.2/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.4mdk.i586.rpm
a628b53c10b173ad6b56ec818411e4a8
8.2/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.1-4.4mdk.i586.rpm
41b1161434cab61b55bbda169949a980
8.2/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.1-4.4mdk.i586.rpm
d7d9e039cb3265ad955ce1401d97ca98
8.2/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.1-4.4mdk.i586.rpm
7340654c00efcb2d64149cc946e1ea3b
8.2/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.4mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2/PPC:
552617df801abbb743ea19f08efe9cd5
ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm
634cf389d9b6d3782d52d6b4a9a06862
ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.1-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm
4e5fdd49f36c8263f9f8d4a5405beb27
ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.1-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm
320c1c788abf30b8fbafc6b6fff8ad6f
ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.1-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm
7340654c00efcb2d64149cc946e1ea3b
ppc/8.2/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.4mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.0:
06f312efc82a853bef8f244f0a7d62b6
9.0/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
6159dd74781b4e12ba2d9cb8c74cebc5
9.0/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
0947b751f4934fe29f32eb02670640ee
9.0/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
9b768e4a330cc0cd6cdebd1470953247
9.0/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
8458487a8e2a69b3648896e342eb4c1a
9.0/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.4mdk.src.rpm

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

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To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The
verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed
automatically for you.

A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can
obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by
executing:

gpg –recv-keys –keyserver www.mandrakesecure.net
0x22458A98

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours
to update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

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