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SSA-2003-260-02 Sendmail vulnerabilities fixed

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2003-260-02 Sendmail vulnerabilities fixed

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The sendmail packages in Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and -current have been
patched to fix security problems. These issues seem to be remotely
exploitable, so all sites running sendmail should upgrade right away.

Sendmail's 8.12.10 announcement may be found here:
http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.10.html

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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