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Red Hat 2.1: RHSA-2006:0265-01 Critical: Sendmail Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey March 22, 2006
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important sendmail patch released for Red Hat 2.1 to mitigate remote code execution vulnerability addressing a significant flaw now accessible.
Updated sendmail packages to fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

184465 - CVE-2006-0058 Sendmail race condition issue


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1:

SRPMS: f5abfd6edcababd2bab542f836950d16 sendmail-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.src.rpm

i386: aaf362f3da9cfbeac698bd0cae38849a sendmail-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.i386.rpm edf605382c1edceeb3520494ef1defa4 sendmail-cf-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.i386.rpm f410e2be904b29607c8b57c598d6e86a sendmail-devel-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.i386.rpm 7920ac760db2f52d85c942817b0a1a84 sendmail-doc-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.i386.rpm

ia64: 87d8a88331ca8d816d779129033a2545 sendmail-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.ia64.rpm 7c1f0fbd3490bf7007115c19aa320a79 sendmail-cf-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.ia64.rpm 7fd463f112b365cb9d8b63eebaa67718 sendmail-devel-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.ia64.rpm 4d6b4f4cccb65dad389887ea6d974181 sendmail-doc-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

SRPMS: f5abfd6edcababd2bab542f836950d16 sendmail-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.src.rpm

ia64: 87d8a88331ca8d816d779129033a2545 sendmail-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.ia64.rpm 7c1f0fbd3490bf7007115c19aa320a79 sendmail-cf-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.ia64.rpm 7fd463f112b365cb9d8b63eebaa67718 sendmail-devel-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.ia64.rpm 4d6b4f4cccb65dad389887ea6d974181 sendmail-doc-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:

SRPMS: f5abfd6edcababd2bab542f836950d16 sendmail-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.src.rpm

i386: aaf362f3da9cfbeac698bd0cae38849a sendmail-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.i386.rpm edf605382c1edceeb3520494ef1defa4 sendmail-cf-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.i386.rpm f410e2be904b29607c8b57c598d6e86a sendmail-devel-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.i386.rpm 7920ac760db2f52d85c942817b0a1a84 sendmail-doc-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:

SRPMS: f5abfd6edcababd2bab542f836950d16 sendmail-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.src.rpm

i386: aaf362f3da9cfbeac698bd0cae38849a sendmail-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.i386.rpm edf605382c1edceeb3520494ef1defa4 sendmail-cf-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.i386.rpm f410e2be904b29607c8b57c598d6e86a sendmail-devel-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.i386.rpm 7920ac760db2f52d85c942817b0a1a84 sendmail-doc-8.12.11-4.21AS.8.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue update red hat remote code execution sendmail

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/834865 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0058

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2006:0265-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0265.html
Issue date: 2006-03-22
Updated on: 2006-03-22
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue update red hat remote code execution sendmail

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

Bugs Fixed

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