Mandrake alert: Updated sendmail packages fix vulnerability

Posted by dave on Aug 25, 2003 9:57 PM EDT
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A vulnerability was discovered in all 8.12.x versions of sendmail up to and including 8.12.8. Due to wrong initialization of RESOURCE_RECORD_T structures, if sendmail receives a bad DNS reply it will call free() on random addresses which usually causes sendmail to crash.

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name:           sendmail
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2003:086
Date:                   August 26th, 2003

Affected versions:	8.2, 9.0, Corporate Server 2.1
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Problem Description:

 A vulnerability was discovered in all 8.12.x versions of sendmail up to
 and including 8.12.8.  Due to wrong initialization of RESOURCE_RECORD_T
 structures, if sendmail receives a bad DNS reply it will call free() on
 random addresses which usually causes sendmail to crash.
 
 These updated packages are patched to fix the problem.
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References:
  
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0688
  http://www.sendmail.org/dnsmap1.html
  http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/54367
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Updated Packages:
  
 Corporate Server 2.1:
 06f312efc82a853bef8f244f0a7d62b6  corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
 6159dd74781b4e12ba2d9cb8c74cebc5  corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
 0947b751f4934fe29f32eb02670640ee  corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
 9b768e4a330cc0cd6cdebd1470953247  corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
 8458487a8e2a69b3648896e342eb4c1a  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.4mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
 04d7ce56ad6b62339622ae6e030234ed  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.4mdk.x86_64.rpm
 4b64a8056a3499e1d36ac1de72bc8c7e  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.6-3.4mdk.x86_64.rpm
 5e2ac30e590d3985c8de9ced5178d875  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.6-3.4mdk.x86_64.rpm
 aabddfe03a3a0fb88082c0311b318738  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.6-3.4mdk.x86_64.rpm
 8458487a8e2a69b3648896e342eb4c1a  x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.4mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.2:
 2039013cc832600fe00c8c16f04e167f  8.2/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.4mdk.i586.rpm
 a628b53c10b173ad6b56ec818411e4a8  8.2/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.1-4.4mdk.i586.rpm
 41b1161434cab61b55bbda169949a980  8.2/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.1-4.4mdk.i586.rpm
 d7d9e039cb3265ad955ce1401d97ca98  8.2/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.1-4.4mdk.i586.rpm
 7340654c00efcb2d64149cc946e1ea3b  8.2/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.4mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.2/PPC:
 552617df801abbb743ea19f08efe9cd5  ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm
 634cf389d9b6d3782d52d6b4a9a06862  ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.1-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm
 4e5fdd49f36c8263f9f8d4a5405beb27  ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.1-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm
 320c1c788abf30b8fbafc6b6fff8ad6f  ppc/8.2/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.1-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm
 7340654c00efcb2d64149cc946e1ea3b  ppc/8.2/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.1-4.4mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.0:
 06f312efc82a853bef8f244f0a7d62b6  9.0/RPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
 6159dd74781b4e12ba2d9cb8c74cebc5  9.0/RPMS/sendmail-cf-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
 0947b751f4934fe29f32eb02670640ee  9.0/RPMS/sendmail-devel-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
 9b768e4a330cc0cd6cdebd1470953247  9.0/RPMS/sendmail-doc-8.12.6-3.4mdk.i586.rpm
 8458487a8e2a69b3648896e342eb4c1a  9.0/SRPMS/sendmail-8.12.6-3.4mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
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To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security.  You can obtain
the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver http://www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to
update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that
anyone can subscribe to.  Information on these lists can be obtained by
visiting:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_linux-mandrake.com

Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  <security linux-mandrake.com>
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