[slackware-security] Sendmail buffer overflow fixed
The sendmail packages in Slackware 8.1 and -current have been patched to fix
a security problem. All sites running sendmail should upgrade.
More information on the problem can be found here:
Sendmail Open Source - Open Source Email Server | Proofpoint US
Here are the details from the Slackware 8.1 ChangeLog:
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Mon Mar 3 10:29:01 PST 2003
patches/packages/sendmail-8.12.8-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to sendmail-8.12.8.
From sendmail's RELNOTES:
SECURITY: Fix a remote buffer overflow in header parsing by dropping sender
and recipient header comments if the comments are too long. Problem noted
by Mark Dowd of ISS X-Force.
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/sendmail-cf-8.12.8-noarch-1.tgz: Updated config files for
sendmail-8.12.8.
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WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES:
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Updated packages for Slackware 8.1:
Updated packages for Slackware -current:
MD5 SIGNATURES:
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Here are the md5sums for the packages:
Slackware 8.1 packages:
c2c72b982d91d9ca0f59ab2afdf337f2 sendmail-8.12.8-i386-1.tgz
0b8e338169dca7487dd042ba070120d1 sendmail-cf-8.12.8-noarch-1.tgz
Slackware -current packages:
a9db559cd852164577f26efff1e9b36d sendmail-8.12.8-i386-1.tgz
0141c1f40e1efd148f9ccd1d5a09e7f0 sendmail-cf-8.12.8-noarch-1.tgz
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
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As root, upgrade the sendmail package(s) with upgradepkg:
upgradepkg sendmail-*.tgz
Then, restart sendmail:
/etc/rc.d/rc.sendmail restart
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