Gentoo: sendmail remote root exploit
A remote vulnerability exists that can result in commands can be executed with administrative privileges.
Summary
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- From advisory:
"Attackers may remotely exploit this vulnerability to gain "root" or superuser control of any vulnerable Sendmail server. Sendmail and all other email servers are typically exposed to the Internet in order to send and receive Internet email. Vulnerable Sendmail servers will not be protected by legacy security devices such as firewalls and/or packet filters. This vulnerability is especially dangerous because the exploit can be delivered within an email message and the attacker doesn't need any specific knowledge of the target to launch a successful attack."
Read the full advisory at:
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-mail/sendmail upgrade to sendmail-8.12.8 as follows:
emerge sync emerge -u sendmail emerge clean
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8.12.8
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PACKAGE : sendmail
SUMMARY : remote root exploit
DATE : 2003-03-04 10:12 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <8.12.8 :="" fixed version>8.12.8
CVE : CAN-2002-1337
