full-disclosure - Buffer overflow in qmail-qmtpd, yet still qmail much better than windows

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Message-ID: <m3eks94ydf.fsf@multivac.cwru.edu>
From: prj at po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)
Subject: Buffer overflow in qmail-qmtpd, yet still
 qmail  much  better  than  windows

Russell Nelson <nelson@...nwr.com> wrote:
> The work-around is not to set RELAYCLIENT.  Since it's extremely
> unlikely that anybody is setting it in the first place, this bug
> should have no operational consequences.

Well, I don't think it's that uncommon in general - Bruce's relay-ctrl
works by setting RELAYCLIENT - but you're probably right that hardly
anybody uses RELAYCLIENT with QMTP.

paul