Linux mandrake 10.2
Serious Vulnerability In Sendmail (updated)
A significant vulnerability has been found in the popular Sendmail SMTP server that could allow an attacker to gain root access to the server. At the same time the vulnerability was announced patches and a new Sendmail version 8.12.8 were provided by many vendors. Vendors are urging administrators to apply them with all due speed.
More details may be found in eWeek coverage. We include below some links to specific alerts, new versions and patches for this problem.
Sendmail Inc.'s Sendmail 8.12.8 page
Redhat's explanation and links to fixes
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
NetBSD (.asc file)
Mandrake Linux
Suse Linux
FreeBSD (.asc file)
Temporary Fix for AIX 4.3.3, 5.1.0, and 5.2.0 systems
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