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Debian Security Advisory DSA 554-1 (sendmail)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to sendmail announced via advisory DSA 554-1.

Insight

Insight

Hugo Espuny discovered a problem in sendmail, a commonly used program to deliver electronic mail. When installing sasl-bin to use sasl in connection with sendmail, the sendmail configuration script use fixed user/pass information to initialise the sasl database. Any spammer with Debian systems knowledge could utilise such a sendmail installation to relay spam. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 8.12.3-7.1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 8.13.1-13. We recommend that you upgrade your sendmail package.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20554-1

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