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Digest Name: Daily Security Bulletins Digest
Created: Tue Apr 20 3:00:02 PDT 1999
Table of Contents:
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HPSBUX9904-097 Security Vulnerability in sendmail
The documents are listed below.
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Document ID: HPSBUX9904-097
Date Loaded: 19990419
Title: Security Vulnerability in sendmail
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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #00097, 20 April 1999
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The information in the following Security Bulletin should be acted upon
as soon as possible. Hewlett-Packard Company will not be liable for any
consequences to any customer resulting from customer's failure to fully
implement instructions in this Security Bulletin as soon as possible.
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PROBLEM: sendmail release 8.8.6 causes Denial of Service failures.
PLATFORM: HP 9000 Series 700/800 Servers running HP-UX 10.20 and 11.00
DAMAGE: Users can initiate a Denial of Service.
SOLUTION: Apply the patches listed below.
AVAILABILITY: All patches are available now.
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I.
A. Background
Hewlett-Packard Company HP9000 Series 700/800 systems that are
running sendmail release 8.8.6 accept connections sub-optimally,
which cause security problems. Public domain fixes now in sendmail
8.9.3 have been ported to HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 release patch.
B. Fixing the problem
For HP-UX releases prior to 10.20, upgrade from sendmail 5.65 to
sendmail release 8.8.6. See www.software.hp.com
For HP-UX release 10.20: PHNE_17135;
For HP-UX release 11.00: PHNE_17190.
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