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Debian Security Advisory DSA 290-1 (sendmail-wide)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to sendmail-wide announced via advisory DSA 290-1.
Insight
Insight
Michal Zalewski discovered a buffer overflow, triggered by a char to int conversion, in the address parsing code in sendmail, a widely used powerful, efficient, and scalable mail transport agent. This problem is potentially remotely exploitable. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 8.12.3+3.5Wbeta-5.4 For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 8.9.3+3.2W-25 For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 8.12.9+3.5Wbeta-1 We recommend that you upgrade your sendmail-wide packages.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20290-1