bugtraq - rPSA-2006-0134-1 sendmail sendmail-cf

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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:54:42 -0400
From: "Justin M. Forbes" <jmforbes@...th.com>
To: security-announce@...ts.rpath.com,
	update-announce@...ts.rpath.com
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
	lwn@....net
Subject: rPSA-2006-0134-1 sendmail sendmail-cf

rPath Security Advisory: 2006-0134-1
Published: 2006-07-21
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Major
Exposure Level Classification:
    Remote Deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
    sendmail=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/8.13.7-0.1-1
    sendmail-cf=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/8.13.7-0.1-1

References:
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1173
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-526

Description:
    Previous versions of the sendmail package are vulnerable to a denial
    of service attack in which malformed multipart MIME messages can
    halt sendmail from delivering messages and possibly exhaust disk
    space with core dump files when sendmail crashes.