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[SA19466] NetBSD Sendmail Memory Corruption Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Mar 30 2006 - 02:17:04 CST


TITLE:
NetBSD Sendmail Memory Corruption Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19466

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19466/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
NetBSD 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/255/

DESCRIPTION:
NetBSD has acknowledged a vulnerability in sendmail, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA19342

NOTE: Sendmail is by default only bound to localhost.

SOLUTION:
Fixes are not available for the 1.6 branch. Upgrade to a later
version for which fixes are available (see vendor advisory for
additional information).

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-010.txt.asc

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19342:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19342/

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