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Sendmail prescan() Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA9758	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2003-09-17
Popularity:	13,927 views

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

Software:	Sendmail 8.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2003-0694

Description: A vulnerability has been identified in sendmail possibly allowing malicious people to gain system access. The problem has been identified in the "prescan()" function. Different attack vectors are possible. No further information is available. A previous vulnerability was also located in this function. Sendmail version 8.12.9 and prior is vulnerable. Version 8.12.10 also fixes other potential issues. Solution: Apply this patch: http://sendmail.org/parse8.359.2.8.html Or upgrade to sendmail version 8.12.10 ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/sendmail.8.12.10.tar.gz ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/sendmail.8.12.10.tar.gz.sig ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/sendmail.8.12.10.tar.Z ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/sendmail.8.12.10.tar.Z.sig Provided and/or discovered by: Michal Zalewski Original Advisory: http://sendmail.org/8.12.10.html

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