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SUSE-SA:2006:032: sendmail

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the sendmail package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2006:032 (sendmail).

The Mail Transfer Agent sendmail has a remote exploitable problem,
where a specially crafted MIME messages can crash sendmail and block
queue processing.

This issue is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2006-1173 and CERT
VU#146718.

Solution : http://www.suse.de/security/http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_32_sendmail.html
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID:

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