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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Debian Local Security Checks >> [DSA1155] DSA-1155-2 sendmail Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA1155] DSA-1155-2 sendmail |
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DSA-1155-2 sendmail Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment It turned out that the sendmail binary depends on libsasl2 (>= 2.1.19.dfsg1) which is neither available in the stable nor in the security archive. This version is scheduled for the inclusion in the next update of the stable release, though. You'll have to download the referenced file for your architecture from below and install it with dpkg -i. As an alternative, temporarily adding the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list will mitigate the problem as well: Here is the original security advisory for completeness: Frank Sheiness discovered that a MIME conversion routine in sendmail, a powerful, efficient, and scalable mail transport agent, could be tricked by a specially crafted mail to perform an endless recursion. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 8.13.4-3sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 8.13.7-1. We recommend that you upgrade your sendmail package. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1155 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 18433 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi |
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