From: Mike '/m' 


The copy of Mandrake (workstation) that I loaded on my PC a month or so ago
used Postfix as the defualt MTA.

There may have been sendmail in the distrib, but Postifx was the active MTA
when I finished the install.

 /m

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 05:53:39 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>I thought you guys said mandrake came with postfix not sendmail?
>
>Geo.
>
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>Hash: SHA1
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>________________________________________________________________________
>
>                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Package name:           sendmail
>Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2003:086
>Date:                   August 26th, 2003
>
>Affected versions: 8.2, 9.0, Corporate Server 2.1
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>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.
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>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
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>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
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
>of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
>
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>
>  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 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/
>
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>
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>
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>
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