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to: Geo.
from: Adam Flinton
date: 2003-08-26 13:38:26
subject: Re: sendmail

From: Adam Flinton 

Comes with both. Mandrake points you towards postfix.... Linux is about
choice 

http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/9.1/features/15.php3



Adam
Geo. wrote:

> I thought you guys said mandrake came with postfix not sendmail?
>
> Geo.
>
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> Hash: SHA1
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
>                 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.
>
> 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 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
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