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Red Hat update for sendmail
Secunia Advisory: SA9627
Release Date: 2003-08-28
Popularity: 6,388 views

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

OS:RedHat Linux 8.0
RedHat Linux 9

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CVE reference:CVE-2003-0688


Description:
Red Hat has issued updated packages for Sendmail. These fix a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on a vulnerable system or potentially compromise it.

For more information:
SA9602

Solution:
Updated packages:

-- Red Hat Linux 8.0 --

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/Sendmail-8.12.8-6.80.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/Sendmail-8.12.8-6.80.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/Sendmail-doc-8.12.8-6.80.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/Sendmail-devel-8.12.8-6.80.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/Sendmail-cf-8.12.8-6.80.i386.rpm


-- Red Hat Linux 9 --

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/Sendmail-8.12.8-6.90.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/Sendmail-8.12.8-6.90.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/Sendmail-doc-8.12.8-6.90.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/Sendmail-devel-8.12.8-6.90.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/Sendmail-cf-8.12.8-6.90.i386.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-265.html

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


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