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author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
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committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
commit | 4f2d7949f03e1c198bc888f2d05f421d35c57e21 (patch) | |
tree | ba5f07bf3f9d22d82e54a462313f5d244036c768 /metadata/glsa/glsa-200606-19.xml |
reinit the tree, so we can have metadata
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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200606-19.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200606-19.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e15d3dec61ca --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200606-19.xml @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200606-19"> + <title>Sendmail: Denial of Service</title> + <synopsis> + Faulty multipart MIME messages can cause forked Sendmail processes to + crash. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">sendmail</product> + <announced>2006-06-15</announced> + <revised>2006-06-15: 01</revised> + <bug>135141</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="mail-mta/sendmail" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">8.13.6-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">8.13.6-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Sendmail is a popular mail transfer agent (MTA). + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Frank Sheiness discovered that the mime8to7() function can recurse + endlessly during the decoding of multipart MIME messages until the + stack of the process is filled and the process crashes. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + By sending specially crafted multipart MIME messages, a remote + attacker can cause a subprocess forked by Sendmail to crash. If + Sendmail is not set to use a randomized queue processing, the attack + will effectively halt the delivery of queued mails as well as the + malformed one, incoming mail delivered interactively is not affected. + Additionally, on systems where core dumps with an individual naming + scheme (like "core.pid") are enabled, a filesystem may fill up with + core dumps. Core dumps are disabled by default in Gentoo. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + The Sendmail 8.13.7 release information offers some workarounds, please + see the Reference below. Note that the issue has actually been fixed in + the 8.13.6-r1 ebuild. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Sendmail users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/sendmail-8.13.6-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1173">CVE-2006-1173</uri> + <uri link="http://www.sendmail.org/releases/8.13.7.html">Sendmail 8.13.7 release information</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-06-14T18:47:59Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-06-14T19:21:03Z"> + frilled + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-06-15T16:00:46Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |