From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Aug 29 2003 - 03:59:02 CDT

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TITLE:
OpenPKG update for sendmail

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA9631

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9631/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
OpenPKG 1.x

DESCRIPTION:
OpenPKG has issued updated packages for Sendmail. These fix a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service) on a vulnerable system or potentially
compromise it.

For more information:
SA9602

SOLUTION:
Update OpenPGK:

$ ftp ftp.OpenPKG.org
ftp> bin
ftp> cd release/1.2/UPD
ftp> get Sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.3.src.rpm
ftp> bye
$ <prefix>/bin/rpm -v --checksig Sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.3.src.rpm
$ <prefix>/bin/rpm --rebuild Sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.3.src.rpm
$ su -
# <prefix>/bin/rpm -Fvh <prefix>/RPM/PKG/Sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.3.*.rpm

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA9602:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9602/

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