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OpenPKG update for sendmail Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA9631  
Release Date: 2003-08-29

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

Software:OpenPKG 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2003-0688 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
OpenPKG 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:
Update OpenPGK:

$ ftp ftp.OpenPKG.org
ftp> bin
ftp> cd release/1.2/UPD
ftp> get Sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.3.src.rpm
ftp> bye
$ <prefix>/bin/rpm -v --checksig Sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.3.src.rpm
$ <prefix>/bin/rpm --rebuild Sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.3.src.rpm
$ su -
# <prefix>/bin/rpm -Fvh <prefix>/RPM/PKG/Sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.3.*.rpm

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



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