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Subject: [slackware-security] Sendmail buffer overflow fixed
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[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:
http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.8.html
Here are the details from the Slackware 8.1 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
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.
+--------------------------+
WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES:
+-----------------------------+
Updated packages for Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/sendmail-8.12.8-i386-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/sendmail-cf-8.12.8-noarch-1.tgz
Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/sendmail-8.12.8-i386-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/sendmail-cf-8.12.8-noarch-1.tgz
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:
+------------------------+
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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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 14:24:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
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Subject: [slackware-security] Sendmail buffer overflow fixed
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[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:
http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.8.html
Here are the details from the Slackware 8.1 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
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.
+--------------------------+
WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES:
+-----------------------------+
Updated packages for Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/sendmail-8.12.8-i386-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/sendmail-cf-8.12.8-noarch-1.tgz
Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/sendmail-8.12.8-i386-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/sendmail-cf-8.12.8-noarch-1.tgz
MD5 SIGNATURES:
+-------------+
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:
+------------------------+
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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