- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: Sendmail: Race condition in the handling of asynchronous signals Date: March 22, 2006 Bugs: #125623 ID: 200603-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Sendmail is vulnerable to a race condition which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with sendmail privileges. Background ========== Sendmail is a popular mail transfer agent (MTA). Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-mta/sendmail < 8.13.6 >= 8.13.6 Description =========== ISS discovered that Sendmail is vulnerable to a race condition in the handling of asynchronous signals. Impact ====== An attacker could exploit this via certain crafted timing conditions. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Sendmail users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/sendmail-8.13.6" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2006-0058 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0058 [ 2 ] Sendmail Inc. advisory http://www.sendmail.com/company/advisory/index.shtml Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200603-21.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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