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FreeBSD update for sendmail
Secunia Advisory: SA9614
Release Date: 2003-08-27
Popularity: 6,812 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:FreeBSD 4.x
FreeBSD 5.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2003-0688


Description:
FreeBSD has issued a patch for Sendmail. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on a vulnerable system or potentially compromise it.

The vulnerability affects:
4.6-RELEASE (up to -p16), 4.7-RELEASE (up to -p13), 4.8-RELEASE (up to -p3), 5.0-RELEASE (up to -p11) and 4-STABLE prior to Mar 29 19:33:18 2003 UTC.

For more information:
SA9602

Solution:
Update FreeBSD or apply patch.

The vulnerability has been fixed in the following versions:
2003-08-25 22:33:14 UTC (RELENG_5_0)
2003-08-25 22:35:23 UTC (RELENG_4_8)
2003-08-25 22:36:10 UTC (RELENG_4_7)
2003-08-25 22:38:53 UTC (RELENG_4_6)

Patch:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:11/sendmail.patch
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:11/sendmail.patch.asc

Original Advisory:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:11.sendmail.asc

Other References:
SA9602:
http://secunia.com/advisories/9602/


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