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IBM AIX update for Sendmail
Secunia Advisory:	SA9822	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2003-09-23
Popularity:	7,407 views

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

OS:	AIX 4.x AIX 5.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2003-0694

Description: IBM has acknowledged a vulnerability in AIX, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "prescan()" function in Sendmail's address parsing code. For more information: SA9758 The vulnerability affects AIX 4.3, 5.1, and 5.2. Solution: Install temporary fix or APARs. E-fix: ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/sendmail_4_efix.tar.Z -- APARs -- AIX 4.3.3 (IY48659 - available approx. 2003-10-03): http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/rs6k/fixdb.html AIX 5.1.0 (IY48658 - available approx. 2003-10-15): http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/aix.fdc AIX 5.2.0 (IY48657 - available approx. 2003-10-29): http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/aix.fdc Other References: SA9758: http://secunia.com/advisories/9758/

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