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[DSA278] DSA-278-1 sendmail

Family:

Debian Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is (C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

DSA-278-1 sendmail

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2003-0161

Bugtraq_id:

7230

Xrefs:

DSA:278, CERT:897604

Description:

Michal Zalewski discovered a buffer overflow, triggered by a char to
int conversion, in the address parsing code in sendmail, a widely used
powerful, efficient, and scalable mail transport agent. This problem
is potentially remotely exploitable.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 8.12.3-6.3.
For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been
fixed in version 8.9.3-26.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been
fixed in version 8.12.9-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your sendmail packages.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-278
Risk factor : High